Luis Enrique slams accusations against poor treatment of Barcelona players in the UNL

Spain manager Luis Enrique has rubbished suggestions that only one Barcelona player started in their UEFA Nations League match against Croatia solely because of hard feelings towards his former employers.
The 48-year-old head coach included six Real Madrid players in the starting lineup – including Man of the Match Marco Asensio who was directly involved in five of Spain’s six goals – but only Sergio Busquets was included from Enrique’s former club.
People were quick to jump on his decision to only include Busquets in the starting lineup, but Enrique insisted that he wasn’t thinking about what club each player was at when making his selection for the national team.
“I did not know or care,” Enrique said, quoted by the Mirror. “They belong to the Spanish national team, nothing more. They are not from one team or another. I only see a shirt, that of the national team.”
In fact, the suggestion that Enrique was in some way discriminating against Barcelona players during the specific match against Croatia is a ridiculous premise as, out of the entire 23-man squad, only Busquets and Sergi Roberto play their club football at the Camp Nou.
It also appears surprising that in the aftermath of beating the World Cup finalists by a cricket score, questions would arise over the representation between Barcelona and Real Madrid, as opposed to the side’s new look which includes this likes of Saúl Ñíguez, Rodri and Suso.
La Roja cruised to victory against Croatia largely thanks to a flurry of goals late in the first half. Atlético Madrid’s Saúl opened the scoring before Asensio found the back of the net and forced goalkeeper Lovre Kalinić into scoring an own goal.
Rodrigo, Sergio Ramos and Isco then rounded off the scoring for Spain as they secured another win and maintained their perfect record in the UEFA Nations League.