La Roja and Sergio Ramos back in Seville

Tonight Spain play in Seville and there are still plenty of tickets available. This is a symptom. This is not going to be an easy match and is extremely important game. Spain lost in Tehelne and the Slovaks are top of group. The Slovakians have also won away in Ukraine, Belarus and Macedonia. The Central Europeans have won four games on merit and look set to win the group. At present the fight for second place is between Spain and Ukraine. It’s important to win at all cost today. Failing to do so could mean entering the terrifying lottery that is the play-off for third placed teams.

This shows how things stand with the national team currently. Excellent not so long ago and now going through a reinvention process. Statistician, Míster Chip reminded us of how Spain had only lost 5 of the 51 games previous to the game against Holland at the 2014 Brazil World Cup. Since then, La Roja have lost five of their nine games, which indicates that the team is still undergoing a rebuilding process. It’s not easy, some key player have retired from international football, others are out of form and the new arrivals struggle to generate an impression in such a limited amount of times. This is all a slow process with the need for patience.

There are some elements still intact however, the central defence pairing of Sergio Ramos and Piqué, a solid base. Sergio Ramos celebrates ten years since making his international debut and does so in his native Seville, which itself is not even enough to generate interest. I don’t like the way things are going. It’s not a good, reminding ourselves of the time when the national team games were an inconvenience, upsetting the rhythm of our domestic league. The downside is that only the national team itself can revive this lost enthusiasm, through winning, playing well, conviction and belief. This are still values that Sergio Ramos clearly displays

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