Alvaro Murata finds himself in a difficult position in the Spanish national team, after his role has clearly declined in the recent period, as he participated only a few minutes despite his coach Louis de la Fuente’s constant praise.
How many minutes did Murata play with Spain recently?
The Spanish newspaper “Marca” revealed that Murata participated only for ten minutes out of 420 minutes available in the last four official matches played by the Spanish national team. The veteran striker did not touch the ball against Bulgaria, although he continued to warm up most of the second half, but the coach preferred to involve other players such as Carvajal, Rodri, Danny Olmo and the new face Jesus Rodriguez.
When did the role of Murata decrease?
The retreat has started since the Netherlands in the European Championship quarter -finals, when he participated mainly. Then his presence was limited to only ten minutes against Portugal in the final, the match during which he wasted a penalty shootout that gave the title to the competitor, to begin a new stage of retreat in his position with “La Roja”.
Did Murata face similar positions before?
Since his first appearance with the national team in November 2013 against Belarus, Murata has not experienced a similar situation, as he has never been found in the list without being among the coach’s accounts. Until his exclusion from the 2018 World Cup Russia was not as painful as he stayed on the bench for four consecutive games and only ten minutes ago during it.
Murata numbers with the Spanish national team
Murata has a distinguished scoring record, scoring 37 goals in 86 games in the national team shirt. But with Real Sociedad striker Mikel Ouarzabal, who scored 17 goals, 11 under the leadership of de la Fuente, the competition for the attacker’s position has become more complicated.
Who competes with Murata for the attacker’s center?
Murata faces additional pressure with the presence of multiple names in the same center, such as Ferran Torres, Samo Castigo, Ayzei Perez, in addition to De La Fuente’s dependence on Danny Olmo as an imaginary striker, along with the brilliance of young elements from the under -21 team, which increases the difficulty of his position.
