Spain Eye Historic Run: Blowing of Euro 2016 Opportunity Has Presented Another

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Published: June 26, 2016

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They were 13 seconds that changed everything. For Spain. For Italy. For Germany. For France.

For everyone. 

At one end inside the Stade de Bordeaux, Aritz Aduriz had been played in by Sergio Busquets. There it was: the chance not only to settle this but to seize a colossal opportunity. But Aduriz's shot was blocked, and the Croatian sequence that immediately followed went pass, dribble, pass, shoot, goal. 

It was lethal and it was seismic. At 1-1, Spain, then-considered the tournament's outstanding team, had been staring at the capture of Euro 2016's Group D and a strikingly gentle run to the final. But at 2-1, everything was different: Croatia had stolen their path; the complexion of the draw had shifted entirely; Spain had given themselves a potential run of Italy, Germany and then France. 

That opportunity: blown.

And yet, in blowing it, Spain might have given themselves another. 

In the wake of that damaging defeat to Croatia, those inside the Spanish camp have spoken of recovery, correcting mistakes and of firm belief. Manager Vicente del Bosque admitted at his post-match press conference that "we are not on the path we wanted to be," but insisted the loss wasn't indicative of deeper issues: "It was just one slip of concentration at the end. I don't have any complaints about the players. We have time to analyse what the game against Italy means."

Juanfran conceded that a "small excess of confidence" had been the problem against Croatia, but looking ahead to the round-of-16 clash with the Italians, remarked: "Italy are probably also concerned because they have to face us."

Bruno Soriano said the same. 



If there's a certain defiance within La Roja, it goes against the mood that surrounds them.

As tournament losses tend to do, their defeat in the final group game raised doubts and gave rise to questions....
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