Luis Enrique: “We signed to be like this”

Luis Enriqueselector of Spainleft with a bittersweet aftertaste after the draw match Germany and appealed to maintain the ambition against Japan to get the first position of Group E.

“When I see the game replayed tomorrow, I will like it more than I feel now. We played one-on-one in Germany and we controlled the game. We were quick on offense and got into the rhythm they suggested. and it gave lack of basis”, argued.

“In theory this was the group of death. In the first two days they tell us that we will be the leaders and we are counting on us and it is worth it until there is a draw, I will sign it,” said the Asturian . coach. “It’s against Japanese The draw is worth it but we will not speculate,” he said.

“At 1-0, they played all or nothing and they caught us making mistakes when leaving the ball which is unusual for us, but football is a game of errors and it works,” he explained. Luis Enrique. “We have competed at the highest level, with ambition and I am sure that when I see the game repeated tomorrow I will be satisfied”, added Lucho. “It was a strange, sad feeling, because we didn’t get the classification,” he said.

“I liked the attitude and the intention, not speculating is what characterizes us and we have maximum confidence in what we do and how we do it,” continued the coach. “We lack more confidence to go and do more damage to Germany,” Luis Enrique lamented.

Luis Enrique positively appreciated the performances of Olmo and Morata. “Dani Olmo has been the most popular player and Unai Simón’s performance is excellent”, he explained. “Morata is spectacular in this part of the season, with freshness and a lot of goals. When he put it, you didn’t like it and now that he didn’t play, you want him to play,” he ironed.