Tariq Panja
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229 appearances
1 recordings
1 series
first heard Jul 2026
last heard 19 Jul
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So they had to develop because the thing with soccer is once you show yourself, you show a new style, all the other coaches are going to be working to repel the style.
And eventually defending deep, letting them have possession in areas which aren't dangerous was seen as the way to do it.
And it worked.
Yeah, they got figured out.
And here now we have this coach, Luis de la Fuente, who's no big coach, no big name, no famous Champions League winner, no big club pedigree.
But he's come through the Spanish system, teaching these boys when they were adolescents, under 18, under 19, 21.
And now here he is leading them with the national team.
But what he's also done is,
They changed Spain.
Yes, we're going to do all of this passing, but we're also going to add pace and power down the sides.
And where that comes from primarily is this superstar, the teenager.
This guy is playing soccer at the highest level as if he was having a kick around with his friends in the park.
He is playing against some of the world's best players and making it look easy.
He's thrilling to watch.
You just don't know what he's going to do next as well.
He's unpredictable and he seems to be able to deliver under pressure.
And now he gets the stage to do that at a World Cup final where the pressure is going to be at its highest.
He hasn't.
He hasn't to his standards.
But again, that also speaks to what Spain is.
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