Mister, aluminum or carbon? What is the capital of Asturias? Do you know Fernando Alonso personally? What did you have for dinner today? Do you see yourself training in the Premier League? What part of the cycling mentality do you think is employed in football? How many languages do you speak?
These are some of the questions that arrive in the Twitch chat for Luis Enrique, coach of Spain who became one of the most searched streamers during the Qatar Cup, and already has 818 thousand followers.
Known by followers as mister, padre (father) or nicknamed Luis Padrique, the coach also talks about football. It was on the social network that he made a succinct summary of Spain’s first phase.
“First game, spectacular, excellent; second, [fomos] a little better than Germany, with few situations that could be improved; and with Japan, except for 12 minutes where we were clearly beaten, I saw the team where I wanted it to be.”
Considered rather dry and aloof with the press, the coach, who was once a striker for the national team and practices cycling in his spare time, lets loose during broadcasts, always in a light tone.
In one of the chats, an internet user asked if the coach did not like the press conferences with journalists, which he is obliged to attend. In a thoughtful response, Luis Enrique commented that after matches it is a complicated moment, with low energy and, when you lose, it can be a delicate moment. He also said that he knows that there are interests of some Spanish outlets, which criticize some players too much, while others are never criticized.
Even before the start of the Cup, the Spanish manager announced that he would broadcast daily on the Twitch platform, where he can be found by the codename luisenrique21. But it’s not every day that the professor appears, like on Thursday (1st), when he suffered the unexpected defeat to Japan —and that almost caused the Spanish elimination.
When he returned to Twitch, on Saturday (3), he was duly embraced by most of his followers, who repeated in the chat phrases such as “we are with you”, “we are going to beat Morocco”, “don’t worry about the criticism” —while on TV Spanish some debates asked for more football and less streaming.
In the first broadcast in Qatari lands, it had more than 1 million views and was impressed. “It’s a lot of people. Either you have nothing to do, which I think is great, or you’re really interested in the selection”, he joked. But over the days the audience has been decreasing and the last three have not reached 350 thousand.
The Asturian Luis Enrique has already warned that, after the Cup, he will stop using social networks, he will return to his “hermit state”, but he also said that, if Spain wins, he will answer the most compromising questions. While the World Cup is not over for Spain, check out some of the coach’s thoughts.
sex in concentration
“Here [no Qatar] we are concentrated, so it cannot. If going to an orgy is certainly not the best before a match. When we are in clubs, players sleep in their homes, I don’t care if they have sex or not. If they practice it is because they need to. Each one with his wife, or with his wife, or with whoever he wants. Within normality. I repeat, here in the selection not because we are concentrated, but I am totally in favor of living a normal life. When I was a player, when I wasn’t focused, [fazia sexo] whenever I could with my wife.”
type of underwear
“Mister, do you wear boxers or slips?”, asked an internet user, interested in knowing the coach’s type of underwear. “I wear a thong,” he replied, laughing. “You don’t like it?” he added.
Commemoration of Ferran Torres, daughter’s boyfriend
“A frequent question: what would you do if Ferran Torres celebrated with a pacifier gesture? If he scores, I’m very happy. But if he makes that gesture, I’ll replace him, I’d send him away and he won’t step back on the grass”, he said. laughing.
sweepstakes
“When I was a player, I always organized the Cup prize pool. It’s cool, because everyone watches the games together, we’re rooting for the results. In the Euro Cup, the winner was Pablo, one of the security guards.”
best of the cup
“Is there any team better than Spain? Football-wise, clearly not. We have favorites like France and Brazil, but nobody can be surprised to see what they do. We don’t fear anybody.”
Fans after Spain
“If we don’t win, I want Argentina to win,” he said, praising his good relationship with Messi, who was coached by him at Barcelona. “A player of the size of Leo Messi has to retire with a Cup, as this should be his last Cup,” he added. For Luis Enrique, however, Messi would be able to play in 2026.
Desired ending
“The dream final, with the presence of Spain… the rest… That we reached it would be the best news.”
Retirement
“Hanging up a player’s boots is a delicate process. There are many people who find it difficult. I retired at the age of 34 at Barça and my head played a decisive role, and I think I was totally right. But everyone has a motivation and I admire a lot of players who keep the desire to play for a long time.”
Dance on TikTok
“I’m totally without rhythm, I like to dance, but I don’t know and I’m very ashamed. I’m shyer than you think. TikTok, no way, not me.”
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