Spain midfielder Martín Zubimendi has drawn attention to something that often gets overlooked in modern football: the undeniable value of a team that has stayed together for years. According to him, one of the national team’s biggest strengths isn’t just talent or tactics, but the long-term unity that has shaped the squad over the past two or three years.
He said:
One of our strengths is the group so united that we have had for two or three years.
The players know each other and that always helps the football to flow
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It’s a simple line, almost casual, but it tells a bigger story about how consistency and familiarity can push a team far beyond what training sessions alone can produce. Players who’ve shared countless matches tend to read each other almost without thinking, a kind of football intuition that you can’t exactly force overnight.
Zubimendi, the Arsenal midfielder, laid an assist to Leandro Trossard during the dramatic 2-2 draw against Sunderland last weekend. As reported by Softfootball, also pointed out that this closeness naturally improves the football itself. And anyone who has watched a side with true chemistry will understand exactly what he means. When you see a midfield move the ball effortlessly or a backline shift as if on the same wavelength, that’s usually not luck. It’s years of playing, failing, improving, and trusting together.
He isn’t wrong either. Football history has offered plenty of examples, from Spain’s legendary 2010 World Cup-winning team to Pep Guardiola’s Barcelona side, where continuity created something close to a collective football brain. Teams like that don’t just play well; they think as one. And that sort of connection often means smoother transitions, snappier attacking combinations, and defensive organisation that feels almost automatic.
Zubimendi, the Spain midfielder who just recently joined Arsenal, comments might sound modest, but they underline a truth that top teams quietly rely on: unity isn’t just a nice extra; it’s a weapon. And for Spain, it seems like that bond is still growing, bit by bit, year after year.
