Czech Republic coach Jaroslav Silhavycongratulated his players for “the effort in these four games” of the Nations Leaguedespite the defeat against the Spanish team (2-0) in Malaga, and said that “people in Spain are delighted to watch football and even so” his team “has been able to hold out in the match”.
“That is also our Czech character. Each point for us is worth gold and now we will be preparing to play against Portugal” when this tournament resumes in September, said Silhavy, who valued the “effort” of his team against a team like Spain, who said that he does not notice the changes in an eleven in which they form “players from Barcelona, Real Madrid or Chelsea”.
The Czech coach highlighted in a press conference the great atmosphere registered in The Rose Garden of Malaga -“It was amazing”, he stressed- and said that it was “a great game”, in which his team “failed” to materialize some scoring chances, although he congratulated his players “because they have been very active “.
“After 2-0 there wasn’t much more to do,” he admitted. Silhavy, who stressed, however, that “all these parties” are “helping them to grow” and assured that this Sunday they were “better than in Prague” a week ago, when they drew 2-2 with Spain, although they already knew “the strength” of Luis Enrique’s team.
“I was surprised by the activity of my players; We have had courage. It was a shame not to have scored, but I want to once again congratulate the whole team for their efforts in these four games in eleven days. There have only been 3 days off and no one has asked for the change; we have a lot of strength within the team”, he stressed.
On the situation of group 2 of League A, which he now leads Spain With two days to go, he indicated that he is not “surprised that Swiss have won to Portugal” this Sunday, since “the Swiss are a strong team”.
For his part, the Czech midfielder Thomas Soucek He also congratulated “the whole team” considering that they played “better than in the 2-2 draw at home”, although he admitted that Spain had “possession and was the one that ended up scoring”.
“We’ve got four points, and that’s fine. We’d like to stay in this Nations League in the extra group. We wanted to play balanced football, but it’s been more difficult away from home, because pressing for the maximum 90 minutes is difficult. We have to have more productivity” in attack, asserted Soucek.
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