The day when Sergio Busquets made his debut with La Roja – CVBJ
11/14/2021 at 11:11 CET
This afternoon, Sergio Busquets will face a very special match for him and the national team on the lawn in La Cartuja: a Spain-Sweden where it is at stake to secure a direct pass to the Qatar 2022 World Cup. And that of Ciutat Badia (Barcelona) He will do it with the incentive to be captain of La Roja and in international matches (133) resembles the one who has been his coach for a few days, a little boy from Barça and the national team like Xavi Hernández.
At the press conference before the match, ‘Busi’ was calm and radiant. Although he was not particularly fond of leading the way in front of the cameras, the Blaugrana midfielder was aware of the significance of the moment and was as open as ever and sincere as always when referring to the moment of selection, by Barça, by Xavi Hernández, which he reaches in the national team and its own future.
In the last part of an impressive career, always recognized by his teammates and especially by the coaches, Busquets now also receives a unanimous recognition from the critics, which happened in the last European Championships.
With Pep Guardiola and Vicente Del Bosque
In reality, since Josep Guardiola gave him the option in 2008 at Camp Nou, Sergio has been an untouchable in Barça and in Spain for his tactical intelligence and technical quality, a true coach located in the area where football is built and destroyed. Nobody likes him to anticipate the opponent’s movements and to hang out with his teammates when handling the ball.
Vicente del Bosque, then coach of La Roja, also saw immediately that he had to use his talent to consolidate Spain, which he had inherited from Luis Aragonés and who was already a champion at the European Championships in 2008.
Successful debut in Istanbul
In early 2009, after being called up for a first duel against England where he had no minutes, it was time for Sergio Busquet’s debut, on 1 April. It was in a group 5 match in the qualifying phase for the World Cup in South Africa 2010. Played at Ali Sami Yen Stadium in front of about 23,000 fans, of them about 200 Spaniards, Busquets came in the 73rd minute for David Silva, when the duel it registered an eerie 1-1.
Turkey had taken the lead in the 26th minute thanks to Senturk, who finished off an empty goal. A draw did not come until the 63rd minute, when Xabi Alonso converted a penalty. And the triumph, painful, “exploded” in 90 + 2: Riera riveted with pleasure a pass from Dani Güiza. The first to celebrate the goal with Riera was Busi himself.It was the first victory for Spain in Turkey and the first joy for Sergio with the red shirt; In 2009 he was about to conquer with the Barça Pep Team, first the treble and then the sextet. At that time, the best midfield in history had been consolidated, totally “Made in La Masia” and consisted of Busi himself, Andrés Iniesta and Xavi Hernández, his great friend and partner and now his coach. The rhombus was completed by none other than Leo Messi …
The dream of Qatar 2022
In the line-up, Turkey-Spain was the base for the world champion team in South Africa in 2010. Carles Puyol or Andrés Iniesta were absent, but Iker Casillas played; Sergio Ramos, Marchena, Piqué, Capdevila; Silva (Busquets, m.74), Senna (Cazorla, m.67), Xabi Alonso, Xavi, Riera; and Fernando Torres (Güiza, m.85).
Now, 12 years later, he assures that he walks day by day, but that he has a rope for a while. Busquets dream of playing a new World Cup, Qatar 2022; and why not, be the veteran who was Marchena in the champion team that conquered the first World Cup star for Spain. In fact, Luis Enrique’s team has been very close to victory in the Eurocup and Nations League and it is a team under construction. ‘Lucho’ in the national team and Xavi in Barça need an architect like Busi …