The World Cup recorded the end of the Iniesta era in the national team. Before the new coach was not task to find a direct replacement for the genius - it was required to return the game to the Spanish national team impeccability.

The problem began to solve even Julen Lopetegui: he shortened the playing time of Iniesta and redistributed roles in the midfield, so that the first role came Isko. The plan worked fine, but if Alarcon suddenly had no insight, expect trouble.

Luis Enrique still solves the problem of dominance in the midfield where more convincing: 4-3-3 Spain is still killer, the corporate style is preserved, the exact pass is the basis of the universe. The brightest illustration: in the first half of the match with Croatia, the players of the "Furia Roja" made mistakes in transmissions only 23 times.

If we talk about personalities, then to the forefront of Enrique suddenly came out Saul and Asensio. Both scored first goals for the national team, and the performance of Marco Asensio in the game with Croatia is worthy to firmly take its place in the museum of standards. Only three inaccurate passes and invaluable assistance in the return of possession - including in its half of the field. The main attacking indicators are even brighter: goal, three assists, and we will not forget about Kalinic's own goal - in that episode on the goal shot it was Marco.

Over the past 10 years in the national team of Spain, three assists for the match was issued by only one player - Nolito in a match with Lichtenstein. Compared the status of opponents?  Meet the new king of assists.

Saul, Marco Asensio, Dani Сeballos, Jose Luis Gaya, Rodri - all of them took part in the defeat of the Croatian national team. Each of this group is 23 years old or less. It seems that the game of the Spanish national team will now be determined by freshman. And for such a team - this is a very good sign.