Pep Guardiola will probably never manage Spain - but his fingerprints are once again all over their blazing red shirts.
Twelve years after his brilliant Barcelona team was the cornerstone of his country's only World Cup success, La Roja appear to be fermenting nicely. Only two of Guardiola’s Manchester City stars - Aymeric Laporte and Rodri - were in Luis Enrique’s team for the blitz of Costa Rica, with former Blues’ winger Ferran Torres on the wing.
But his Catalan philosophy was so obviously on show that Spain might want to think about changing their away shirts to Sky Blue. The ruthless hunger to score as many goals as possible for a start.
