Through Rodri spends the entire game Spain of De La Fuente, which tonight will set its future on European Cup including the semifinal match to be measured against France at the Allianz in Munich for a place in the final. The Spanish international spoke about that and many other things in a wide-ranging interview given to ‘The Guardian’ where he clarified that his fight “is not the Ballon d’Or”, an award that many believe should be he has won. .
Rodri, who became a TOP player at Manchester City with Pep Guardiola, said that “that’s why I don’t play football. Maybe people want me to be more commercial and sometimes they say to me: ‘Friend, I should. .. ‘, “But I have a different understanding of football. I know how it works, so I won’t be disappointed if they ignore me. If one day someone wants to reward the work, they are welcome, but it doesn’t bother me if I don’t have a reward.”
The Madrid native explained that Guardiola’s methods are special: “If you think of English football, you don’t think of Pep’s football. But playing his football in English football has special demands. I had to adapt to a more dynamic, more physical football .. And in it, Pep’s football, which I’m not used to.
The midfielder has been leading the charge, both at City and La Roja. “Mine is an important position, especially because of the way City and Spain play. I try to give the game movement, a dynamism, a rhythm. Connect with the players in front of you as soon as possible, help the game to be mature , interpret it, take it to where you want it is what most defines the role of the pivot: when to speed up, when to brake, when to push higher, when to go down “The those thoughts are always running through your mind. “
Wake up the bosses
Asked about the trite issue of the busy schedule of football players from the best teams and what it affects them mentally and physically, he insisted that change is needed. “Too much. You need your physical condition to play, but your head is also important. People just watch the game, but there’s the preview, the preparation, the journey… Honestly, something needs to be done . There are more and more games and it doesn’t seem to stop I know that football is a business, I know that there is a lot of money involved, but there is a point that we have to take care of the athletes, the big organizations, have to say: ‘Look, this is all very good but we have to take care, especially in this generation of players, kids like Lamine Yamal who is 16 years old…’ . Nobody can play 60, 70 games in a season.”
Regarding Kroos’ controversial tackle on Pedri, which ended in injury, he indicated that “there are some violent tackles. I was close to what they did to Pedri and it was very bad. But that happens in football, the referee has to take the reins” Anthony Taylor made a mistake. Not because he’s yellow or not, but because of the direction the game is going.”
But Rodri insists that Spain have overcome everything, adapting to each opponent and to each situation: “We played against many teams that are good together. Italy, Croatia, Germany… teams that want to have the ball like us . . , where we have to understand and accept that there are moments when we don’t have it, in fact, we have less property than the competitors.
Full confidence in the project
Rodri always believed in De la Fuente’s project: “Any project must be given time. I always had a lot of confidence in this group. We had done good things together in the lower categories, I know the coach and I am convinced that in work. and effort we would achieve it.” We would achieve. Being a coach is not the same as a club coach and he understands that. He understood that the team needs time to combine ideas, two or three main concepts, Spain and City are similar philosophies but you adapt to the coach without too much possession, but the coach gives you some rules and then have to interpret them.
Finally, regarding Mbappé’s France, rival for the final, Rodri indicated that “we have to play like a big team with the ball and like a small team without it. Show unity, humility. Very strong they’re physical, hard to beat, good. They play what they want, you have to know what you’re up against, what you can do and what you can’t do now, we’ve played different teams and we understand it. Big loss, of course, but we have players to replace him and in the face of adversity we have to show more unity.”
Source: La Verdad
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