Luis de la Fuente appeared at a press conference after a major victory in Spain In Swiss in a match where everything was against us except the score. Neither the rain nor the morning red Robin Le Normand They prevented an epic victory for the Spanish team in a Geneva stadium that looked more like a potato field than a place to play a football match. The coach did not apologize and congratulated all his players, with whom he formed a real team.
“You know that if there is something I like, it is the feeling of pride that I have always felt for this team. When these circumstances occur, you feel more proud to highlight and give more visibility to a group of players that is a team and not a selection. We have been growing as a team for some time now. With 10 we have known how to interpret the game in a masterful way, not only in football, but in the attitudes that you need such as commitment, generosity… Pride in this team, every day I see that we continue to grow, “he began.
“I reiterate what I said: pride, emotion and the feeling that we are doing something important for a country. People identify with this group of players. It is important for society: working together are values that are on the rise and even more so in sport. You grow through humility and sacrifice. “These players never cease to surprise me,” he praised his selection.
“We were playing a very complete game, but we interpreted that to have those options we had to make another type of change. We had absolute control in the first 25 minutes, then with 10 minutes we played the perfect game. We defended very well, a great goalkeeper who intervened fantastically. We have very fast players, not only Laminate and Nico, but also Yérémy, Ferran…,” added De la Fuente.
De la Fuente and his team
“I am happy for all the players. Today especially for Joselu, he is an example at all times. Today he played his best game since he has been with us. He did what we asked of him. I have always shown my admiration for his talent and his footballing abilities. If a player has attitude and trains, it doesn’t matter League in which I play. We know that this player never fails,” he commented about the author of the first goal, Joselu Mato.
“This team has a lot of self-esteem in humility. What he does is something framed and historic. It transforms a selection of players into a real team. This team feeling makes all those who are here today and also all those who could not be very important,” he continued.
“For me, if he is not the best, he is one of the best players in the world in his position. I am not surprised by his performance, nor by Daniel Olmonor many others that never fail. It’s not that we reserve Joselu, I would like you to ask me about Ferran. It’s a team, it invites one day to have one player and sometimes another. Today was Joselu’s game. That’s what we value in this game plan,” he stressed about the ownership of the former the real Madrid.
“We know Ferran very well. We have no doubts with him. The extreme right is a position where he is very much liked. That does not raise any doubts in me. I have been with him since I was 16, I know what he will give me. He is also one of the captains, he is one of the players who has been international the most with this group. “He is little recognized,” said De la Fuente about Ferran Torres.
“Lamine is tired and fatigued, but that’s normal after a demanding match in this weather. Today went very well, we were right with this approach. Lamine’s participation in the first half helped Ferran to have a good second half,” concluded the coach in the press room of Geneva.
