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#3 Spain doesn't utilise the wings well
Spain had at their disposal two good full-backs who could have exploited the large spaces Croatia left while going central, but for Lucho's tactics or whatever reason, Spain didn't attack much via the wings. The pace of Jordi Alba and Sergi Roberto hardly came into action.
If Jordi Alba and Sergi Roberto had run through the flanks, then Vrsaljko and Jedvaj would have been under pressure. Lucho certainly missed a trick by not giving instructions to exploit the wide area. We know how good Jordi Alba can be on the flanks, he could have beaten the wide defenders to open up spaces and put in cutbacks.
Sergi Roberto had a much easier task. While coming up against the young Tin Jedvaj, Sergi could have provided crosses easily or moved closer to the box to cut the ball back. It was strange not to see the full-backs run up and down the flanks, but certainly it caused things to move out of Spain's hands.
Sergi had a horrendous night, gave the ball away, caused a goal, and did nothing much up-front.
