Del Bosque also enters history

We're champions , we are legend and we are already part of history: no one had ever done what Spain has managed to emerge victorious in three straight finals. Unitholders are many: those players who have been part of three gold braid and, of course, his two coaches: Luis Aragones, who forged the style, and Vicente Del Bosque, who continued the path of success. The latter, the quiet man, silent champion, has entered headlong into the history of football in his own right by becoming the first coach in history to achieve lift the World Cup, European Championship and the Champions League. Unprecedented success.

But his record does not stop there: as coach of Real Madrid won the Champions doubly besides winning two league titles, one Super Cup in Spain, a European Super Cup and Intercontinental Cup. An impressive track record, which only lacks a title that won four times in football and you have long resisted the white club: the Copa del Rey. Winning a World Cup and European Championship, something that only the German Helmut Schön had been achieved, has only to Salamanca to raise the top to become one of the most successful technical history.

The double pivot, false nine ... its decisions have often been called into question and criticism in agreement that Del Bosque did not draw the most of it at hand. The question that always assails the fan on the coaches: but get victory, is it with all the honors that could? In any case, Del Bosque would endorse what the curriculum looks more of a coach: the result. It is true that you have the best generation in the history of football, but this is a sport that has taught us many times that good players do not win tournaments, teams do.

Discuss the decisions of a coach is nothing wrong and enriches the sport where from restraint, but time has given him reason to Del Bosque. Starting with the call, which finally was missing not anyone at the tournament, his confidence in Arbeloa when many doubted the side; its nonnegotiable midfield with Xabi Alonso and Busquets, in which their wealth to many a of them at the so-called double pivot that I always thought it was a midfield three alongside Xavi. And the most controversial decision: the false nine, playing without a reference point, a decision which was also a server often saw more cons than pros. Also noteworthy is what happened at the other end: this selection, famous for his midfield and what it does in the penalty area, conceding a goal in the tournament.

Del Bosque also highlight your insight in the changes: a greater or lesser extent revenues have always given. Against Italy, Torres revived the Spanish attack was fine but not in the definition. To Ireland, Cesc took to the field to score. Against Croatia, Jesus Navas decided the match with a goal and create danger from the right, which also got Peter to France in the quarter, which also caused the second penalty goal. Against Portugal, both Peter and Navas, Spain reactivated the attack to play a great extension. Finally, to Italy, Torres came back from the bench, this time to mark and also to give a goal to Mata, who had also left the bench.

Perhaps over the years, Del Bosque remember less for their players, and the Salamanca does not have that aura of technical media that Menotti had in his day or today or have Helenio Herrera Guardiola and Mourinho, but his merit in this selection, driving on the road to success this great group of players, no doubt. Some might say that Spain has won despite Del Bosque, and others argue that even the Marquis already too small: there will be preparing the title of Duke.

Other coaches of national teams success

As already mentioned, the German Helmut Schön was the only coach who had won a World Cup and European Championship, but his career in clubs was not as long and prolific. But in Germany was a legend: he was a finalist in the 1966 World Cup, third in 1970, European champion in 1972, the world two years later and finalist at Euro 1976, losing to Czechoslovakia in Panenka. He left the Germanic combined after the World 1978. Another team that managed to win the World Cup and European Championship in a row was France, but with different coach: Aimé Jacquet was World Champion in 1998 and Roger Lemerre in Europe in 2000.

Across the pond we find two technicians who managed to win the World Cup and the Copa America with Brazil: Mario Zagallo and Carlos Alberto Parreira. Zagallo won the 1970 World Cup as coach after having won twice as a player, was Parreira's assistant in 1994 and four years later reached the final, again as a coach, when he lost to France. He had previously won the Copa America and Confederations also in 1997. For his part, said Parreira won the World USA and lifted the Copa America a decade later.

Finally we should mention another Spanish coach with a brilliant record: José Villalonga, former coach of the Spanish European champion in 1964. He had previously won two league titles and two European Cups with Real Madrid and two Cups and one Cup Winners Cup with Atletico. Names legend hardly repeatable successes, as difficult it is for one day a technician can win all he has won Vicente Del Bosque.

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