William Salibadefense of Arsenaladmitted this Wednesday that he did not expect to be the starter in the premiere of France at Euro 2024, which resulted in a 0-1 victory against the Austrian team, and stressed the importance of having a clean sheet to increase their “confidence”, although he recalled two or three actions that could have been solved “better”.
“I didn’t expect it, even when you are called you have to be ready to help the team at any time. I played in the second friendly, in the first match of the Euro Cup, we had two clean sheets… It’s a reason for confidence,” he explained. at the press conference in the German city of Paderborn.
“Let’s try to do better”
“I’m in a good moment, I’m starting to have a lot more confidence in myself when I play with the national team,” continued the defender, who acknowledged that there were “two or three situations” that the defense could have . better resolved. “Mike -Maignan- saved us. We will try to do better,” he added. Saliba.
The next test is Netherlandswhich will have almost two days of rest than the France, between the first day and the second. The Dutch team played on Sunday at 3:00 pm Polandwhich they beat 1-2, while the French team faced off on Monday at 9:00 p.m. Austria.
“We will not start looking for excuses. We know it will be a difficult match against a very strong team. It is a decisive match for the group. We will give everything to win it. The Netherlands have many highs -level players I saw in the match against Poland and there is a lot of intensity that they will do against us,” he said. Saliba.
Source: La Verdad
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