The ruling European Champions go back to action later on today as Spain start their project in the UEFA Nations League.

Drawn together with Serbia, Denmark and Switzerland, La Roja will have their work cut out for them with 3 difficult challengers.

Luis de la Fuente has actually called 4 Barcelona stars for the occasion with Pedri, Dani Olmo, Lamine Yamal and Ferran Torres all making it. The issue for the supervisor, nevertheless, depends on his choice of the midfield.

A clash of systems

The Spanish tactician won the just recently concluded Euros releasing a 4-2-3-1 setup that revealed impressive stability and flexibility. With Yamal and Williams inhabiting the wings, that left space for 3 midfielders.

Rodri and Fabian Ruiz worked as his first-choice double pivot, while Pedri inhabited a function as an assaulting midfielder behind the striker.

The 2021 Golden Boy winner did a wonderful task in the position till his competition was interrupted by Toni Kroos’ rash take on. The gamer who changed him in the lineup, Dani Olmo, went on to end up as the leading scorer.

De la Fuente therefore deals with a problem now of how to accommodate both Pedri and Olmo on the field to increase their output.

Two possible services

If the nationwide group supervisor means to play both Barcelona stars in his beginning lineup, his very first alternative would be to gain from Hansi Flick’s system which likewise occurs to be a 4-2-3-1.

The German tactician has actually picked to release Pedri as part of the double pivot and location Olmo as the natural assaulting midfielder.

The previous, while beginning deep, typically presses forward in attack leaving his partner Marc Casado with the protective concern.

Should De la Fuente go with such a system, Fabian Ruiz would be the gamer to be compromised. While Rodri will be charged with the protective obligation, Pedri and Olmo can play comparable functions as they provide for Barcelona.

A 2nd, more unique alternative, would be to location Olmo as a ‘false 9’, particularly with Alvaro Morata out hurt.

Dropping into the areas in package and imitating a goalscoring playmaker, Olmo might begin in Morata’s location providing Pedri an area as the mediapunta.

Source: SPORT