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Vicente Del Bosque is a quiet man, cunning, with nerves of steel. It does not have the verbiage with which other coaches sell smoke but when he speaks, speaks very clear. After the defeat against Switzerland in the first game came the next day to give a press conference that lasted as long as it took. Sitting, quietly, without a wry face, was answering all the questions that journalists might have. As much as attempted to touch the fiber, did not even blink: armed with patience until they attended at all and there was nothing more to ask.

Before that, he had to deal with the absurd debate about whether the call for Valdes could sow discord in the group. Then came the debate about the dual-pivot. I myself raised in these pages, albeit in a purely football. Meanwhile, the opportunists, the self-conscious, the ignorant, those who see Spanish players, but team members who are hooligans, they began to spin the carousel of idiots: if  Del Bosque had no blood in the veins, if only had trained at the elite, that all he had won in Madrid was because he had players who win.

But Del Bosque followed his own, confident that hard work and effort of their own, would finally put everyone in place. They were going the rounds and the coach took key decisions. Alonso kept Busquets and despite everything, drain the match against Portugal with the departure of Llorente, corduroy broke the surprising appeal of Peter against Germany … And little by little, with all the humility that can fit in a human body , was leading his boys to the place that was theirs by right: the World Cup final.

The game was terrible. If we suffer watching it on TV, imagine what it must be to be afoot in the field. Having to watch as they give a kick in the chest with Xabi, having to see leave the ground with an entrance Iniesta wild or as they nail the studs right in front of your face … and he protested as he had never actually went to by the fourth official at the linesman, to the hapless Howard Webb when she was spotted by the band. But at the same time, he continued to ask your kids calm, did not stop to take the index finger to his temple to require them to have head, not get caught up in the spiral of violence of a rival who lost her prize and without honor.

Iniesta scored the goal that gave us the dream victory. Great, his second, his faithful fellow-sufferer, jumped with joy the bench, while the band toured alternates in search of the most beautiful melee history. And Del Bosque was allowed only clench his fists and took nothing in return for himself. “Head, kids, head. Let’s finish this. Focus, guys, concentration …. ” Then came the final and with it the apotheosis of the whole country. After the first few minutes of chaos, Casillas came to him and organized a small group to tossing the head. But the boss wanted to be the center of attention, did not want to suck on camera, was content to contemplate the happiness of their children.

Vicente Del Bosque, a man from head to toe, a guy who knows how to handle groups as no one has contacted our best generation of players to the top of world football. But he is not a man of many words, do not go the grand celebrations. This afternoon, while touring with the team in Spain’s capital, while being received by the Kings, while observing the thousands and thousands of people who will go on street to thank him, he will not fail to think of time as may go home, to yours, that you always are with him unconditionally. And share with them the great happiness that nature prevents him from exhaling before the outbreaks. Thanks, Del Bosque, thank you very much.

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