Luis Enrique Martinez, coach of the Spanish national team, was relieved and completely satisfied after La Roja achieved its classification for Final Four of the Nations Leagueto be played in June 2023, after winning Portugal (0-1) and make up for the disappointment caused on Saturday by an unexpected loss against Switzerland in Saragossa (1-2). “It’s a wonderful sport where victory is the best antidote to depression,” he assured the Teledeporte cameras as soon as the game in Portugal ended.
Studying the meeting, Lucho recognized it “In the first half maybe I pushed too hard to have the ball. I think we corrected it in the second half, but we wanted to show that the ball was ours.”
The Spanish coach admitted that he believed in victory until the end. “In the second half I felt we were going to score a certain goal. The fun is overwhelming to repeat the Final Four. In this team all the players contribute a lot within their qualities. It is wonderful and a pleasure to train these footballers of such quality. The pity is that the players who deserved it were left behind,” he specified.
In whether he will continue to direct in Spain in June 2023, when the final stage of the Nations League, Luis Enrique Martínez was blunt in saying that “the future does not exist.” As for the last list for Qatar World Cupthe Spaniard pointed out that “it is not yet clear because it is constantly changing”.
Regarding the doubts that arose among the fans after the stumble against Switzerland in La Romareda, Luis Enrique Martínez indicated that “Doubts in football always depend on results. I’m losing zero energy here. I focus on the sensations that the players give me, which in this group are always good,” he concluded.
Already in a press conference, Lucho emphasized that “the joy of the end has been something wonderful and more when no one expected us to return to it. This team is a family and you can see it in the staff, in the locker room and in the whole atmosphere of the national team”, abundantly. And he repeated that “it is a joy for our people and for all the fans who suffer with us in the stadiums or cheering from home.”
The coach recognized that “I prefer to go to the World Cup with the aim of qualifying for the Final Four. We are going through a process of growth and now we are going to a wonderful competition (World Cup) that every player wants to compete in.”
Source: La Verdad
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