SCOUT· 60%1h 00m·2026-09-25·Sports160 | What Makes Spain So Dominant?
Spain are World and European champions (again), but is there more to the country's success than their clearly defined set of football principles? Why has this set of players succeeded where the post-2012 generation fell short? James Horncastle is joined by a very Spanish Miguel Delaney and Rory Smith to discuss. P1:…
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“Spain have way more players in the top 5 European leagues than any other country. La Liga has by far the highest % domestic players in it, out of those 5 leagues. On top of that, plenty of Spanish players join and play regularly at clubs in…”
““Flojo” means lazy in American Spanish speaking countries, but not in Spain though (Only in Andalucía). We use “vago”. When Rodri said “Son muy flojos” he meant something like “They’re very weak””
“Wow! No surreal theories, please. The Basque model? What are you talking about? Only Athl Bilbao has an only-Basque-players nationalist policy. There are 480 football clubs with youth men teams in the Basque country! All of them accept play…”
“La selecció espanyola ha començat a guanyar quan ha deixat de jugar a la castellana amb la seva "fúria" i ho fa a la catalana amb el seu "tiki taka" amb el Barça i la Masia al capdavant. Quan el Barça va bé la selecció espanyola va bé.”
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