Spain ensured that the international game’s worship of dull efficiency died in Germany.
Gavin Cooney reports from the Allianz Arena, Munich AND SO IT was in Germany that football’s worship of efficiency died.
Thirteen minutes later, Navas had been booked, had watched Mbappe create the opening goal, and the big screen had displayed its first Brooding Carvajal Close-Up. With less than a quarter-hour played, it seemed Mbappe was leading Navas a merry dance that would end on Calvary. This Spain are more direct, more decisive. Prior to this tournament they hadn’t scored a goal from outside the box at this tournament since Euro 2000. Now they’ve scored two of them in Germany with the final still to come.
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