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First of all, this might just be the most utterly pointless argument to have reared its head in football discussion in quite some time. What constitutes being boring is extremely subjective, and it’s not exactly something that can be changed. If something bores you, what do you do to make it interesting? Focus more on this tedious thing? Nevertheless, there is a generally accepted template for entertaining play: passing, some level of fluidity and, to a lesser extent, pressing. All targets which Spain seem to hit comfortably – so why were they labelled boring? What makes most possession-based teams interesting to watch is that they are making the best of their technical abilities and footballing intelligence to patiently carve out a chance. The key part to this is the chance though – there needs to be some sort of end point. Too often Spain looked like they were keeping possession for possession’s sake, as if it were some sort of goal in itself. Their build-up play isn’t simply slow, a lot of the time it isn’t build-up play at all – whether it’s in their own half or the opposition’s, their goal of simply keeping the ball didn’t seem to [...]
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