Luis Enrique Martinez he was happy and satisfied with his team’s victory against Switzerland (0-1), the first in this Nations League after three disputed days and that allows him not to lose the slipstream of Portugal, group leader with two points of advantage. “The result determines everything, that’s how professional football works. We must not forget that Switzerland had not lost an official home game for eight years, 23 games in a row. Swiss They have a high level, we knocked them out in the quarterfinals and they’re qualified for the World Cup,” the coach said.
“We played a game to win it. I’m happy with the personality of the team, with the attitude. Suffering is part of football because it’s a game of mistakes, some can be solved and others can’t. It’s a game to feel proud of, a victory of very important team,” said Luis Enrique.
“The first half was more complete, after scoring the first goal we went looking for the second but we couldn’t find it. In the second we lacked more forceful possessions in the opposition field”, analyzed the Asturian coach, who wanted to highlight individual performances of bruise and Asensio. “Both have been spectacular, they have given us a lot receiving from behind and playing with their backs”, applauded Lucho, who confirmed that he will not call any forward to replace Raúl de Tomás, who has left the concentration due to flu .
“We are not going to call anyone else. All the wingers of this team have the capacity to play nine: Asensio, Ferran, Dani Olmo, Ansu Fati… We are more than covered,” he settled. Luis Enriquewho was asked if his team “makes the fans horny”.
“It’s a question for the fans, but those from Malaga must be very horny because they sold out the tickets in 15 minutes. We really want to play there against the Czech Republic“, answered Luis Enriquesatisfied with Unai Simon despite his mistake in the final stretch.
“We play from behind with the goalkeeper, he is the first player who gives us the advantage. If they pressure us well, there is no problem in throwing the ball long, but it has to be punctual and not constant. unai he makes mistakes but the next time he does the same thing again. We all make mistakes,” said the coach.
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