Former France national team boss Gerard Houiller believes that tiki-taka is not dead, despite Spain’s humiliation on Friday.
La Roja went down 5-1 at the hands of the Netherlands in their World Cup opener yesterday.
But even with this, and Barcelona’s trophy less campaign last time out, the member of FIFA’s technical study group has insisted that the short passing game is not ‘obsolete’.
“I don’t think it’s obsolete,” he told gathering reporters at Rio’s Maracana stadium.
“There was a key moment when Silva missed the second chance because maybe the game would have been killed. From one moment to another the confidence shifts.
“Spain played extremely well in the first half, the second half maybe they were affected by the goal. But the opposition were untouchable and sometimes you have to admit that.
“It’s very difficult to say this is obsolete. The beauty of football is you have cycles of teams.
“Sometimes its very difficult for a Coach to maintain motivation when Spain won three major trophies and were on top of everything.
“But fortunately one big defeat brings you back to reality and you can get back to it.”
