The Hindu·3 min read·medium
Possession with purpose unlocks Spain’s World Cup puzzle
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Ayon Sengupta
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Spain's national football team successfully won the World Cup by evolving their traditional possession-based style into a more purposeful and defensively disciplined approach. Under Luis de la Fuente, the team combined their signature ball control with aggressive pressing and vertical attacking.
The oldest footballing lesson in Spain has always been deceptively simple. If you have the ball, the opponent cannot score.
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