Santi Denia, Spanish Under-21 coach, taught as the key to return against Ukraine (5-1) and qualify for the European final of the category that his team “keeps believing in the idea of the game” after falling behind on the scoreboard.
“The message of having the ball and of be true to our game model. Before the game this was the idea. We started losing, but this team continues to believe in the idea of the game,” he said in a press conference.
“The important thing is to win, not the goals. Now I’m thinking about recovery, with a trip tomorrow… happy to reach the final and the important thing now is to keep improving things and get to that final in the best conditions”, he added.
A Santi Denia who reviewed his decisions to reduce the impact of Mykhailo Mudryk in the fight. “The coaches are here to try to help this group of talented players. In the first half, when the ball was open on our right wing, we suffered with Mudryk; and we tried to make some tactical changes. It’s hard to break the Miranda-Sergio Gómez synergy, but the party demanded a change. As well as the position of Baena and Blanco, having this card… Maybe he should have done it a little earlier”, he pointed out.
Finally, he admitted that he would have preferred not to travel from Romania to Georgia for the final, while he praised his stay in Bucharest. “We are doing very well here in Bucharest, including the facilities and organizations of UEFA and the Romanian Federation. Everything is perfect and We would have liked to play the final here, but now it’s time to go to Georgia and we are delighted too”, he commented.
Source: La Verdad
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