Unai Simón talks a little about his characteristics and highlights the enormous differences in the way of working when he attends the training sessions of the Spanish National Team in the soccer city of Las Rozas
The goalie of Athletic and of the Spanish selection, Unai Simon, has spoken of the great characteristic of his that has conquered Luis Enrique: the game with the feet. A facet of the game that has become fundamental in modern football but which, according to the goalkeeper of victoryin lezama you don’t work
“I have always said it, I believe that the architect of all this has been Luis Enriquebecause I in the Athletic did not work the elaborate game of exit from behind; Yes, the same when we had a lot of superiority, but at the slightest pressure hit it long. And when I came here to the Selection with Luis Enrique it was he who helped me understand the game and have the vision I have now”, he explains.
The Athletic goalkeeper launches an indirect jab at Lezama
It is true that Luis Enrique has been trained at FC Barcelona and that Athletic’s traditional style of play is very different. But it is very shocking that Unai Simón says so openly that the game with the feet is not trained in Lezama, beyond some games in which they have a clear superiority.
No matter how different the style of play is, nowadays, when the attackers put a lot of pressure on them and it is very common for the central defenders to give the ball to the goalkeeper, not training, a fundamental part of the goalkeepers’ game, is very surprising. The Athletic goalkeeper’s comments have generated a lot of debate on the networks.
Unai Simón is Luis Enrique’s first attacker
And it is that for Luis Enrique, Unai Simón is the first attacker in The Selection. He knows how to use both legs and masters both the short pass and the long pass. When the opponent presses too high, he tends to break lines with a precise long ball at the foot of one of the two wingers, towards Busquets on the inside.
This Sunday the Athletic goalkeeper will have to work hard in the second game of this World Cup in Qatar, in which Spain faces Germany. A Spanish victory will leave one of the favorites eliminated at the first exchange, hence the importance of the game.