If the plan was to activate the footballers, the vast majority of whom have been unemployed for two weeks, the friendlies in Badajoz and Palma are considered well spent. Spain has played both well, with substitutes and starters, but it is advisable to vaccinate itself against triumphalism one week away from debuting in the Euro Cup within a group infested with wolves. Only demand provides reliable information and Spain have been two deep friendlies against defenseless rivals.
Andorra, first sparring partner, is the 164th team in the world. Of the European countries, only Malta, Gibraltar and San Marino are behind. His category relativizes the victory. Also North Ireland, 73 in the universal ranking, lived in better times (Best, Whiteside and Jennings played there). Not being in the Euro Cup after a very poor qualifying phase in which They were only able to win the two games against San Marino (the worst team in the world in the eyes of FIFA) and a final one against a qualified and unmotivated Denmark.
Putting everything into perspective, the game belonged to those who needed it most: Pedri, essential at a point of form that he had not had for a long time, and Morata, whose luck and face the National Team changed. Two doubts cleared. The rest are certainties: Lamine and Nico are the differential fact of the National Team and Rodri, the one who manages the plans. Nobody has these three and Carvajal.
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