All eyes were on him. It was not for less after a week in which it has been in permanent debate. For the first time since Luis Enrique is the Spanish coach, he revealed the ownership of a player in the previous match. In this case, it confirmed the presence of Morata . “Álvaro and 10 more,” said the Asturian. So it was. No sooner said than done. When the starting eleven for the match against Poland was known , the Juventus forward was among those chosen, although he was going to have a new partner with Gerard Moreno . The top national scorer appeared on the scene to accompany the Madrilenian and Dani Olmo on the offensive front.
Morata started the game seeing how Poland did not give the National Team a break. 10 minutes of harassment that forced the forward, like the rest of the team, to roll up their sleeves in defense. Good thing this has never been a problem for him. He had to press back and did it to begin to regain the pulse of the game. Over the course of the match, dominance changed sides, which allowed him to appear where he feels most comfortable, in the rival area.
Morata felt comfortable with Gerard Moreno and Dani Olmo. The Villarreal attacker started the game heeled to the right, while the Leipzig player moved to the left, with Álvaro as the main offensive reference. Although when the ball reached the vicinity of the rival area the three touched, combined and moved, making the defensive work of the Poles very complicated. Spain was growing in the clash until the long-awaited award arrived.
It was the 25th minute of the game when Gerard Moreno was assisting and Morata, perfectly discarded, defined perfectly to beat his clubmate Szczesny. A goal that was canceled at first due to an offside that was finally validated by the VAR. A goal to silence mouths, to break the spell and to dedicate it to a Luis Enrique who has shown both privately and publicly his confidence. The forward thanked him by hugging him just after getting the target.
Again the failures
Morata saw all his work rewarded with that goal . Something that I needed. His effort, his fight in defense and his work in attack had their reward when it was confirmed that the target was valid. His work in attack continued to be very remarkable. Always trying to be a solution for his colleagues.
After passing through the dressing room, Lewandowski leveled, Gerard Moreno missed a penalty and, in the rejection, Morata could not direct the ball to a goal without a goalkeeper . A tremendously difficult ball. But Álvaro did not collapse, he kept looking for the goal and, above all, fighting for a team that was getting into serious trouble.
Luis Enrique changed his two partners in attack. Dani Olmo and Gerard Moreno left the party and their places were occupied by Ferran Torres and Pablo Sarabia. And the chances came, but the bad luck did not disappear. Two very clear opportunities that went into limbo. Who knows if like Spain in this European Championship. Entering the last five minutes of the match, Luis Enrique replaced him with Oyarzabal. So far came a remarkable game, which will be clouded by the two failures it had in the second half.
