Carragher : Reina is victim of political side of Spanish football situation

Well,maybe carragher analysis is correct since Reina is one of the best Spanish goalkeeper. And maybe the coach is also hear that issue and that's the reason he played as substitute when spain against Wngland last weekend. Unfortunately Pepe net was not clean because of Lampard goal on second half. Barca-Madrid players are really dominate spanish national team,but player like Silva and Reina should have good place in National team.

Is Reina better than Casillas and Valdez? To me, all three of them are in the same class. Spain is really lucky that they have three world class goalkeepers to choose from. So it is just the opinion of the Spanish national team coach to decide who he wants to play in a certain match. If what Carragher meant was for the lack of play time for Reina in the national team, my opinion is that Reina was just unlucky. The same thing happened before in England national team when Peter Shilton, Ray Clemence and Joe Corrigan were the three England goalkeepers in the 80's. The coach initially went for a rotation system but later decided on Shilton be the first choice. As for being in the team because Reina was a member of the world cup winning team, I think it is not true. No professional coach will select a player in his team for non-football reasons. If that were the case, the whole winning team would still be playing together now unless they have retired from the game.

I think Reina is unlucky to be in the same era as Casillas and Valdes. First of all is Reina better than Casillas and Valdes. The answer is no for me. Secondly, even if Reina was in the same class as Casillas and Valdes, I would prefer players plying their trade in the local leagues over those playing in other leagues if they are of similar quality. I think more than Reina it is Valdes who should feel more as a victim. The kid has won everything there is to win at the club level, but with Casillas in the squad, he cannot break into the national side. Cheers! Ram

I don't agree with his statement. It will take someone really special to dislodge Casillas from the national team. He is one of the best in the world and his performance had made that position his. As for Valdes, I don't rate him as a world class goalkeeper. I find his positioning suspected. But Reina is guilty of that as well.

This is a sign of friendship between Carragher and Pepe Reina, but it is disrespectful towards the Spanish national team coaches and towards Casillas and Victor Valdes. I think everybody accepts that Iker Casillas in one of the three best goalies in the world, so what Carragher says has no basis and it is not qualified to say these thing about the captain of the World Champion team. And I am saying this without being a fan of the Spanish team and of Casillas, in fact I don't like them at all, but there is no doubt about the fact that Casillas is much better than Pepe Reina.

I have to say spanish football is being dominated by both Real madrid and Barcelona. Looking at their national team, their players already took up almost the entire starting 11, including those on the bench. Those 2 clubs are having too much power on their hands and they are earning the most via tv revenues, as reported in the papers. Spain is lucky to have 2 good goalkeepers and therefore Reina is not needed in the squad. Look at all other countries, their problem is always not having enough goalies.