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Spanish FA to ditch failed tiki-taka style for grassroots
conversion to long ball game
madrid, spain
After the holders became the first team
eliminated from the World Cup, the
Spanish FA has announced a change in
philosophy to embrace the great long ball
teams of years gone by.
With ineffective tiki-taka football blamed
for Spain’s early exit, those at the top of
the game in Spain have begun looking for
videos of the great Wimbledon sides of the
late 1980s.
A spokesperson for the Spanish FA told
us, “The tiki-taka experiment is over. It is
time for something completely new.”
“Spain has led the world on tactical
philosophy, and we will lead again by
reinventing the alternative playing styles
that proved so successful in the past.”
Left: The new tactics set to shake the world
(image courtesy of Sam Allardyce)
“People talk about the great dutch
teams of the 70s and their invention of
total football, and by the next world cup
everyone will be talking about the long
ball revival within Spanish football.”
“We have already made tentative
approach for Bobby Gould to see if he
would like to create his own ‘Banda loca’
One Stop Service
with our international footballers. He
seems keen.”
“Punting the ball 80 yards onto the head
of a freakishly tall forward will win the
next world cup – mark my words.”
“Player research is also underway, and
there’s a big 6 foot 5 lad playing the third
division who controls the ball further
than most of our team can kick it – but
boy can he head it. He’ll get his first cap
next season.”
“Hey, you’re English, I don’t suppose
you know if Andy Carroll has a Spanish
grandparent?”
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