Performance is not as good as expected! Luis Enrique announces his retirement as coach of the Spanish national team
Luis Enrique has announced his retirement as Spain national team coach. It’s official. On Thursday, December 8th, after being unable to lead the fierce bull army into the final 16 teams of the 2022 World Cup in Qatar got the goal
On December 8, the Spanish Football Federation Has announced that Luis Enrique has resigned from the position of manager of the fierce bull team.
Enrique led the Spanish national team to a disappointing performance at the 2022 World Cup. They only ended in the last 16 as they lost 3-0 on penalties to Morocco after a draw in normal time. And extra time totaling 120 minutes, but no team scored a goal, always 0-0, so had to decide with a penalty shootout to determine the winner. Spain ultimately lost 0-3 to Morocco on penalties.
This disappointing performance has caused Enrique, who has been in charge of the Spanish army since 2018, to take responsibility by officially resigning from his position. After that, they appointed Luis de la Fuente, the U-21 national team manager. took the position immediately
The 52-year-old coach came out to openly say after the match that He was responsible for the defeat that had occurred. But I’ll take some time to think about it. It all started 4 years ago and time flew by so quickly. I would like to say a big thank you to Luis Rubiales, president of the Spanish Football Federation, and sporting director Jose Molina. as well as all the federation employees who share the good we have experienced together.”
“It certainly is for players who are exemplary in their actions and faithful to the ideas put forward. I’m sorry I couldn’t help more. Including an assistant who works hard and tirelessly to help players and the team in everything we need.”
“I think it’s very special to be a part of this. And finally, to the fans who always send us encouragement. Now it’s time to say goodbye. And in this case just a little review. What the team needs is to support Luis de la Fuente so that he can achieve everything Spain desires, thank you.”
Enrique has been the head coach of the Spanish national team since 2018. The head coach took over after the 2018 World Cup and led the team to the semi-finals of Euro 2000. And the 2021 UEFA Nations League finals, team management statistics 44 matches, 24 wins, 11 draws and 9 losses, and he has a contract to manage the team until the end of the year. But he decided to step down before the end of that contract.
