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140 Practices from Goal Analysis of the Spanish National Team
The Spanish national team from 2008 to 2012
played in 37 official matches (not including
friendly matches) including Euro 2008 in
Austria Switzerland, the qualifiers and the
World Cup in South Africa in 2010, the
qualifiers and the finals of uro 2012 in Poland
and Ukraine.
During this period Spain had 2 coaches; Luis
Aragones and Vicente Del Bosque.
Luis Aragones won the European
Championships in 2008 before Vicente Del
Bosque took over on the 15th of July. Spain
have since won the World Cup in South Africa
(2010) and the European Championships in
Poland/Ukraine (2012).
During these 37 matches Spain scored a total
of 86 goals (average 2.32 goal per game) and
conceded only 16 goals (average 0.43 goal
per game).
They scored in 34 out of the 37 matches and
only failed to score in 3 matches. The first
was against Italy (0-0) when Spain won 4-2 on
penalties in the quarter final of Euro 2008.
The
second was against Switzerland (0-1) in the
World Cup and the third was against Portugal
(0-0) when Spain won 4-2 on penalties in the
semi final of Euro 2012.
Spain kept a clean sheet in 23 of these 37
matches and only twice conceded 2 goals in
one match. The first was away against Bosnia
Herzegovina in a World Cup qualifier (won 2-5)
and the second was away against Scotland in a
qualifying match for Euro 2012 (won 2-3).
The numbers do not always tell the whole
truth, but in this case I think they speak for
themselves and show us that during this period, the Spanish national team were not
only very strong in the attacking phase but also
very strong across all 4 phases of the game.
What is very important is how Spain created
these goals and how they found solutions in
different game situations and against different
defensive organisation.
49 of Spain’s 86 goals were scored against
opponents who used an organised defence.
37 goals were scored against opponents who
defended in the low zone, 10 goals against
opponents who defended in the middle
zone and only 2 goals were scored against
opponents who defended in the high zone.
22 of Spain’s 86 goals were scored in the
transition from defence to attack. 8 goals were
made in the transition to attack from the low
zone, 8 from the middle zone and 6 from the
high zone.
And finally, 15 of Spain’s 86 goals were scored
from set plays; 3 from corner kicks, 6 from free
kicks and 6 from penalties.
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