Luis Enrique, at the press conference this Saturday prior to the clash against Germany. /
The coach assures that having the duel against Germany on the horizon has served to avoid excess confidence
If it is due to the power of convocation, Spain will not win the World Cup. Perhaps it is that they still do not know his profile as a ‘streamer’ well and the game that he can play, but Luis Enrique does not attract the masses to his press conferences as teams like Argentina, Brazil or France do. It is not something that could worry the coach at all, who appeared again at the Qatar Convention Center uniformed in pristine white to analyze the state of mind before the second game, a touchstone of much greater caliber, even if Germany He took a bump in his debut against Japan.
“A wounded Germany is more dangerous,” he said on television before facing questions from the rest of the media, where he qualified: “You never know what will be better. The important thing for me is to control what you can control. If Germany is more dangerous for losing or winning… You never know.”
What he does know is that Germany is going to find themselves: «They always play attacking, try to press in the opposite field, try to have the ball… It is the team that is most similar to us and that is why it is a challenge for us. It will be an open match and we will see which of the two teams manages to take the cat into the water ».
A priori, both teams arrive at the game at opposite poles. One, perched on the euphoria after the defeat of Costa Rica and with an excellent atmosphere, only interrupted by the painful departure of Gayà. The other, with doubts in the game, with more painful injuries and with a relationship between the internationals that is being questioned. Curiously, Luis Enrique said he preferred this type of situation when managing a dressing room: «I feel better managing problems, I’m such an asshole. When you have to raise the morale of the team. That’s where my Asturian vein comes out. I have had very good moments, but when they want to sink me the most is when my nerve comes out. My essence is in difficulties ».
“The fact of having debuted in such a forceful way makes you have confidence, but you must not have excesses,” he reaffirmed. “Having Germany come helps the player know that the next opponent will demand all our effort.” The Asturian admitted that he was surprised by the level offered by his pupils at the beginning: “One always hopes for the best when he is going to debut, but I did not expect such a powerful version.”
Changes
He stated again that the logical thing is to introduce changes in the eleven. And he personalized in defense, where he surprised in the first game with the presence of Rodri. “I may change my position because of everything Germany does. They have a lot of mobility and if we control it it can be beneficial, but if we don’t we can suffer.
Then it was the turn of Dani Olmo, surely the player who best knows the level of the Germans. The Leipzig striker started the first match and expects a very tough game: “The German mentality is ambitious. They will not be satisfied and will face the game as a final.
With the file covered by Spain, it was up to Hansi Flick, the German coach, to take the stage. He did it alone. Germany is based more than 100 kilometers from Doha and wanted to save its players the effort of traveling to give the press conference. The absence will cost the German team a fine.
“We made mistakes at the premiere and we had to explain that to the team. It is important that they know what they have done wrong. But we are very convinced of our football philosophy and we are going to try to do better against Spain,” he explained.
