Luis Enrique sees Spain’s optimism washed away in the Seville rain | Sid Lowe

Oct 15, 2018

After winning his first three matches he oversaw the country’s first competitive home defeat for 15 years as England won 3-2

The inquiry began way before the game had finished. The stadium clock had not yet reached half an hour when to the right of it, high in the Benito Villamarín, England’s drenched fans began to chant: “Are you Scotland in disguise?!” They were not, of course, but nor, it seemed, were the team down below Spain. Luis Enrique has been swift to quieten comparisons to that Spain – the team who won three tournaments in a row, European, world and European champions – but nor, at that point, were they this Spain, the team who had recovered so well since Russia.

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