Enrique defends Spain while it lacks goals – "We score more than Barca!"

Luis Enrique made fun of the suggestions. Spain do not score enough goals, pointing out that she's making more goals than the most prolific team in La Liga, Barcelona.

Spain began its qualifying campaign for Euro 2020 on Saturday, beating Norway 2-1 thanks to Sergio Ramos' penalty in the 71st minute.

But the European champions of 2008 and 2012 were guilty of spoiling a lot of chances, and for a short while, it seemed to cost them a lot when Joshua King equalized from halftime in the middle of the second half. second half.

Luis Enrique said that the match against Norway was indicative of an apparent problem in Spain against the goal, but he dismissed such a suggestion.

"The debate on the lack of goals has happened," he told reporters before Tuesday's match in Malta.

"We have 19 goals in seven games, an average of 2.7 goals per game, and I think Barca have 2.6 goals on average each game and he's the top scorer in La Liga. being short of goals, we have looked too badly.

"We played better [against Norway] that we did in the 6-0 win against Croatia [in September]. There have been a lot of good deeds, very few mistakes, very good pressure. The match is close to one [rating of] new."

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Ramos is typically imposed to see Spain above the line thanks to his shot at goal against Norway, and Luis Enrique paid tribute to his captain.

"One of the good points of Ramos is that his conditions are unique, but that his personality is always at the highest level," said the coach.

"It's a leader, an example in everything that means taking care of it too.We are talking about valuing something that is very hard to find."