Routine and customs are part of the work method of Luis de la Fuente. The Riojan coach does not change his formula in the days before the matches. Morning training at the concentration headquarters, evening flight and press conference at eight o’clock at night. Before playing against the Netherlands in the previous quarterfinals of the League of Nations, De la Fuente spoke of the famous “game by game” popularized by Simeone.
«It is the first tie that I face as a coach and there may be more than 90 minutes, extension, penalties. You have to go as a game is now said, ”said the coach. You have to win tomorrow, maintain the dynamics we have, and face the return in Valencia with the same mentality of always winning ».
Spain celebrated its first League of Nations and the Fuente in Róterdam ensures that he is the same technician, without additives. «Everything that we were then is, the same principles and the same values that have brought us here. The same idea, the same personality. And, above all, dress up by my feet.
The coach acknowledged that he had never met a player fulfilling Ramadan, as has happened to him now with Lamine Yamal. «We assume it normally, the nutritionists mark the guidelines, we have the maximum respect for all beliefs, everything is calm. I had never lived such a situation, neither as a player nor as a technician ».
The coach removed iron down Iñigo Martínez“There was a medical part and the player does not come for that,” and recalled as so many times that “in the selection we deal first of all for the health of the players,” in reference to the discomfort he felt this morning Ferran Torres.
Luis de la Fuente admitted that players have influence in the style of the Spanish team. «We have only one face, we are an offensive team, they enjoy the ball, They want to attack, It is not that it is our success formula, they demand that style. They want possession and be a vertical team ».
For its part, Fabián Ruiz He thanked Luis Enrique’s words, in which he acknowledged not calling him to the World Cup in Qatar was a mistake. “It gives me strength that admits that this was a mistake, although I no longer think about it, it was left behind and it is not worth it.”
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