Luis Enrique: The Spanish soccer team parted ways with Luis Enrique after his elimination in the round of 16 of the 2022 FIFA World Cup.
The Royal Spanish Football Federation (RFEF) confirmed that Luis Enrique has left his post as coach of the Spanish football team. They released a statement confirming the development.
Luis Enrique has paid the price for Spain’s disappointing World Cup campaign in Qatar 2022. After a promising opening match, Spain fell short of expectations as their campaign came to an end much sooner than expected. they expected.
Spain has also announced who will succeed Enrique as the new manager of the Spanish national soccer team. They have promoted Luis de la Fuente from his position as coach of the Spanish Under-21 team.
How Luis Enrique and company. performed at the 2022 FIFA World Cup?
The European heavyweights began their 2022 FIFA World Cup campaign with a stellar 7-0 victory over Costa Rica in a Group E match. However, things went downhill for Luis Enrique and co. . from there.
They faced Germany in their second match at the 2022 Qatar World Cup and shared points with them after playing out a 1-1 draw. Spain followed up with a 2-1 loss to Japan in their third Group E match.
However, despite the loss to Japan, Spain qualified for the round of 16 of the 2022 FIFA World Cup with a second-place finish in Group E. They collected four points from three games in Group E, the same amount of points than Germany. However, Spain overtook Germany to second place thanks to a superior goal difference.
Luis Enrique’s men faced Morocco in the round of 16 of the 2022 FIFA World Cup. After 90 goalless minutes, the match went into extra time. Both Spain and Morocco failed to find a goal within 30 minutes of extra time and the match went to a penalty shootout.
Morocco defeated Spain in a penalty shootout by scoring three of the four kicks they took, while Spain missed all three of the kicks they took. For Spain, Pablo Sarabia, Carlos Soler and Sergio Busquets stepped up to take their shots in the penalty shootout.
Sarabia hit the post, while Soler and Busquets had their penalties saved by Moroccan goalkeeper Yassine Bounou as Spain were knocked out of the 2022 FIFA World Cup.
