The Spanish coach appealed to take advantage of “the historic opportunity to win a title in two games”
The Spanish coach, Luis de la Fuente, valued the Spain-Italy match corresponding to the semifinals of the UEFA Nations League that will be played this Thursday in Enschede (Netherlands). The coach does not want to look beyond this match and he stressed that “I see it as the last chance of my life, I have always done it, maybe it will be tomorrow, we don’t know, let’s face it as if our sporting life is going, we won’t think about later”.
De la Fuente did not prioritize his personal situation and stressed that “we played a title, a historic opportunity to win a title in two gamesI am convinced that I have prepared the game of this level”.
“The party is a party”
The coach feels that they are “some privileged, I reiterate that we can win a title in two games. You have to value the other players and coaching staff who qualified. It’s a party for us to play a match against Italy, you couldn’t ask for more. We are happy, responsible and with an illusion that is out of the ordinary. The team is happy, content and convinced to do something very important.”
The man from La Rioja assumes the “responsibility for everything I do, it is a historic opportunity, I give it all the importance for having a country dedicated, who is with us to death, we want to go down in history. It’s my job”.
“It could be the final of a World Cup”
Of Italy he said that “it is a team similar to us, in the process of being formed, we are still with the idea of consolidating a team, we have many similarities. Spain – Italy could be a final of the European or world championship. Equality is maximum and the details will be final. We are going to try to live up to the demand”.
Of the proper names, De la Fuente confirmed that Rodri and Laporte are in good condition despite joining at the last minute after winning the Champions League with Manchester City: “Their exceptional motivation, they always add up, I am very calm with them, this morning they have worked and in the afternoon they will do it with the group. They are prepared to play safely” .
The technician granted them permission for the celebrations, something that he considers “fair” and wondered: how can they not celebrate it? If we need them, they will not fail. They will be up to it.”
unknown in the goal
The goal did not reveal if Kepa will continue or Unai Simón will return, while he said he felt “very excited to meet again with Ansu Fati four years later, as with Jesús Navas that I trained him 20 years ago. Ansu is exceptional, like the rest, I see him as very happy, he would be the same at Barça… I give my opinion here and I see him happy, motivated, excited, with exceptional training and we enjoy them. We’re happy to meet again, with fantastic room for improvement and he’ll show it when he gets the chance.”
Of the veterans he said that Nacho “is very competitive and has come with all the desire to be a starter” and of Jordi Alba he pointed out that “his route is fantastic and he will have rope as long as he wants to”.
Of the lack of self-criticism after lose to scotland He clarified that he was not well understood because “I am very critical, but I want to always be positive”.
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