Luis de la Fuente, the Spanish coach, wanted to make a positive reading of the defeat against Colombia. The coach valued the staging of players who were not used to a high international level and the debuts of Pau Cubarsí. Remiro and Vivian.
The Riojan reflected that “We are used to winning, but we had a powerful rival and in the second half we lost control.” De la Fuente hopes that his pupils have learned so that “situations are not repeated in the future.”
Regarding the premieres, the coach stressed that “they have not been capricious debuts, but rather we wanted them to see this type of scenario. It is our future and we need them to be well in June. We don’t like losing, although we are happy for having given these players minutes.“.
Double pivot
Regarding system change, with a double pivot with Merino and ZubimendiDe la Fuente said that beyond the drawing what is important “is to maintain the idea we have, all good players are compatible. We were better in the first half than in the second, but today we didn’t go out to test things.”
The problem for the Spanish coach was “that in the second part we lost control“and that the entry of James Rodríguez who “served good balls for Luis Díaz and there they competed better than us.
In any case, De la Fuente denied that there was a lack of “ambition and seriousness” and that basically “the game in the second half went the way they wanted, running a lot and with good legs.”
Lamine – Endrick
Another friendly against Brazil arrives on Tuesday at the Bernabéu with the duel between Lamine and Endrick. De la Fuente clarified that he does not want young people to have to pull the car. “It makes us strong to give the feeling of being a cohesive and united team.. We should not put responsibility on young people, we value their talent, but with calm and natural development.”
De la Fuente added that “nothing justifies defeat” and returned to comment on his idea that “we must draw very positive conclusions from the idea. I am convinced of her. We need time”.
His conclusion was that “We have seen players compete at the highest level, with exceptional situations at this international level. “Some footballers do not have this tension and stress on a regular basis and we are very happy about this aspect.”
2024-03-22 23:33:37
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