Can Trap’s simplistic style stymie Spain?

David Silva killed the ball exquisitely, looked up, saw his man and found him with a pass.

Nothing new about that, you might say – except for the fact that this was midway through Spain’s first half against Italy on Sunday and Silva was about 10 yards from goal. With the Manchester City playmaker on the right side of his marker, all he had to do was swerve his body inside and shoot. It was a gift.

Instead, Silva offered one up to Italy. He played the way he was facing and just passed the ball back out of the box.