The national soccer coach, Luis de la Fuentedescribed the duel against Italy this Thursday as “a classic”where he trusts that his team will continue to “grow and improve” after the good debut against Croatia, in a second match of the Euro Cup that could already give them a place in the round of 16 as first.
“It is a team quite similar to ours. They are in training, they have also changed their coach recently, they have young people, We have faced them in many categories, in the U21 European Championship that we won. I like how competitive they are, with a lot of experience. It’s as if we were looking in a mirror, ours the same,” she said in a previous press conference.
De la Fuente stated that Spain is also “a growing team with a good sense of team and with great individualities“. “We are very even. It’s going to be a very balanced match. “It can be a match of a very high level,” he warned about this Thursday’s duel at the Veltins-Arena in Gelsenkirchen.
On the other hand, the Rioja coach pointed out that He has all his players available, without going into details about the eleven, asked by the centrals. “I am very happy with the performance of the players who participated the other day. I am also very happy with the training carried out by those who have not participated but who have the opportunity to do so. Any of the four centre-backs perform at a very high level”, he claimed. “We want to win this game, it is the most important. The game by game is as old as moving forward. We play every game to win,” he added about the accounts that, with the victory, they would already be in the round of 16 as first in the group. B Group.
Furthermore, De la Fuente praised Rodrigowith whom he has not tried the option of forcing a yellow card because he was warned, since Pedri. “We’re going to see how the game develops. Rodrigo is a key player. The players don’t think about that. Depending on how the game goes, you might think more coldly, but we haven’t talked about that. Physically he’s very good, the whole team.” , he pointed out. “Pedri is improving with each training session, he is more confident every day. Pedri needed to meet Pedri and here he is doing it. We expect a lot from Pedri because he is one of the best players in the world and he is convinced that for him it is a great opportunity” , he added.
Furthermore, the coach He did not get carried away by Luciano Spalletti’s compliments and pointed out that, after the good debut against Croatia, they are confident of taking another step forward. “It was a game but for our consumption, the feelings are positive, always thinking that we have to improve, continue growing, which is what the competition is going to demand of us. I have seen other teams that are also very good, that are not going to let us surprise its potential,” he commented.
“The reflection is to continue improving and growing in all facets of the game, the footballers are convinced that this is the way. Spalletti is a great coach but flattery is not going to weaken us. I always claim to give value to our players. Fabián is a world star and I celebrate that his name is Fabián Ruiz and he is Spanish. It is something that always happens to us Spaniards, who value what is abroad more and ours is of the highest world level,” he added.
On the other hand, De la Fuente spoke of style of his team and the history of the Spain-Italy. “We try to be superior to the rival, interpreting each situation. We have players to have different registers, due to the characteristics of the players. Our first idea is a controlled, more combinative football, but football has been changing towards faster transitions. What we want is to create a style that helps us win,” he said.
“It’s a classic. It’s one of the teams I’ve faced the most. It’s a match that could be a Euro Cup or World Cup final, two teams with great footballers and tradition,” he concluded.
2024-06-19 21:17:32
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