Spain will meet Poland for the second fixture of EURO 2020s Group E at Estadio La Cartuja as both teams will be battling for winning the three precious points that would serve them in playing the third game with less tension and worry about their qualification chances.
Spain will be the team who will try to impose their playing style at the start of the match in order to succeed in splitting Poland’s defence as soon as possible to not let what happened against Sweden be repeated again. But at the same time, Poland will aim at stopping Spain while also thinking about exploiting counter-attacks to score.
In this tactical analysis preview, we will explore what can Luis Enrique change to make his team reach the goal more often and especially be more effective in terms of finishing the actions. Moreover, a look at how can Poland resist and win points against Spain using tactics will be provided to give a meticulous idea on both teams.
Probable line-ups and formations
Spain will most probably start this second EURO 2020 match by relying on their conventional 4-3-3 line-up with Unai Simón as a goalkeeper, Marcos Llorente, Eric García, Aymeric Laporte and Jordi Alba in defence, a midfield composed of Rodri, Koke and Thiago Alcântara to give more attacking support and key passes, while in attack both Ferran Torres and Dani Olmo would play on the wings.
For the striker role however, Luis Enrique will have to make a decision following Álvaro Morata’s disappointing finishing issues during the first game of the tournament, either he gives him his total trust once again and instructs him to do certain new things on the pitch, or replace him with Gerard Moreno who has done well this season and deserves to get a chance as well.
On the other hand, Paulo Sousa would switch his 3-5-2 formation which didn’t give good results against Slovakia to move to the 4-2-3-1 formation which becomes a 4-4-2 when defending.
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