Santi Denia, Spanish coachnoted the Olympic soccer tournament as “a small world cup” and a “demanding tournament” in which his team debuts against Uzbekistan on Wednesday 24th at 3:00 pm time CEST (-2 GMT).
“This is a very demanding tournament. It’s a small world cup. Here are the champions, runners-up and third place in their confederation. “Competition puts you in your place,” said the coach in the mixed zone after the final preparation training.
“The players are excited and eager to start the tournament. “There are 23 days of training, with one match in preparation and we are eager to start,” he said.
“In the dressing room Talking about the first game, of Uzbekistan. With the enthusiasm that the players have, and with the quality they have… we really want to start,” he added.
A Santi Denia who wants to praise Uzbekistan, his first rival.
“Uzbekistan is a national team, but it is a team where most of its players have played in their league, between 40 and 45 games with the same coach, which is the national team. I don’t know if luck whether or not we have played against them in a preparation match in October and, if you saw it, you will see the difficulty. We will try to do and improve what we do to try to give the best version,” he noted.
The Olympic coach wanted to share the success of the senior team, which won the Euro Cup on July 14, with his team.
“I don’t know if it’s glass, but For us it is an absolute pride has won a European championship, as difficult as it is. And we are proud to have two European champions with us,” he said.
“Absolute is absolute. They won with a good game and, above all, by being a team. This is very important. In addition to developing a game plan, let them know that if you win it will be through everyone working together and adding in the same direction,” he continued.
Two European champions, Alex Baena and Fermín López, which is fully integrated into the dynamics of the Spanish Olympic team.
“They are excited and looking forward to the start of the competition because they are excited to live this experience. “This competition is very different from what we have done so far,” he said.
Source: La Verdad
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