Luis Enrique won't be reading this, which is an open invitation to say the most outrageous things about him. Terrible, unheard things that few want to admit. Things like: he knows what he's doing. And: he's pretty good at this. Even this week, when that was clearer than ever, when his Spain team -- and it is very much his Spain team -- became the first side to defeat European champions Italy in 37 matches and came within a stud's width of defeating world champions France too, close to a first trophy in nine years, recognition came a little reluctantly.
Luis Enrique gives Spain an identity again, and hope of a brighter future
