Only midfield wins matches

I was looking at the spanish team playing in the Euro. There was no reason why this team cannot win the EURO. And this is not the only time I have thought this way. Everytime the spanish team is just like Brazilian team, full of big names and players who can turn the match single handedly. Look at names like Morientes, Raul, David Silva, David Villa, Iniesta, Xabi, Luis Garcia, Cesc Fabregas,Joaquín Sánchez, Puyol, Salgado, Sergio Ramos, Carlos Marchena, Iker Casillas.

That is possible 15 starters fighting for only 11 positions. And everyone of them deserves to start. And their clubs feels that it is a big loss if any dont start. Look at Liverpool suffer when Luis Garcia doesnt start, or how Real suffers when Raul is injured.

However, the football crazy fans are always disappointed by their team's performance.

Back, since the days of Fernando Hierro, to now, the days of Cesc Fabregas, I find one similiarity that strikes this side, lack of teamwork/combination.

Everytime I watch a match, I see how the midfield never understands what the defenders are looking at, and the forwards dont know what the midfield is expecting. Most of the spanish football is planned along the lines of forwards (no wonder, considering that spanish are emotional artistic people who like flamboyance), but I feel that planning needs to be done based on midfield or defenders. There are only two forwards, and their combination is only a part of the game. They are only sidekicks. The most crucial combination comes from the midfield, where there is scope for real teamwork.

If Luis Aragones wants his team to win, then he should start planning his teamwork, he should start planning his midfield. I dont care what formation he fields, 4-4-2, 3-5-2, 4-2-2-2 or 4-3-2-1 or for that matter 5-5-0. As long as he has an eye on proper combination and teamwork, he can fancy his chances of winning the worldcup. Till, then you cannot expect fancy silverware at the level that they are playing.