Santi Denia reveals the secrets of the Spanish team’s success at the Olympic Games in Paris

The coach of the Spanish under-21 team, Santi Deniasaid Monday that the teams are realizing that investing in quarries is the most profitable.

Denia, to be awarded next week for Madrid Sports Press Association (APDM)has 14 years on Royal Spanish Football Federation (RFEF) and, therefore, he is well aware of the young talent of our country. In this sense, he told APDM in an interview that “people are realizing that investing in quarrying is the cheapest thing there is.”

He will receive this recognition after “fulfilling a dream” by winning the gold medal in men’s soccer for Spain for the first time since 1992 in Olympic Games in Paris 2024.

Santi He had time to review his beginnings and his last months in the aforementioned talks, where he admitted that “there is not much secret” when it comes to knowing how to manage a group and the importance of doing so.

“There are not many secrets in our field. You have to be a group manager, because you don’t have many training days, you have to try to be a team and a family; We use these words a lot, but they are true. Usually 23 players come here who are starters in their teams and you have to manage the roles, when they are playing and when they are not. Take care of them because we have seen the importance of those who are not playing when they come to the bench, because they are very good,” he highlighted.

The Spanish coach emphasized the value of the group’s growth throughout the tournament: “We are focused for 40 days. together I was left behind as the group grew. When the competition started, what we told the players was happening. And through this you gain credibility. “It’s a dream come true, it’s good for a coach.”

The coach emphasized the importance of all the players throughout the tournament and in the final, comparing it to the senior team in the last Euro Cup: “In the final, whoever scores a goal is camelgive the pass Barnabaswhat helps is Turrientes…all the bench players that day. With Luis in the senior team he scored the goal Oyarzabalwho came from the bench numbered 21, as camel“.

Regarding his beginnings, he emphasized the need and importance of family and friends when difficult times come: “Football players need to have a good environment and help them. The player cannot be alone on social networks, he needs to focus his energy and time on training, before and after training, nutrition, rest… And he needs his family, his partner, the representative. ..may everyone join us. to protect you in difficult moments.”

About the last European where Spain fell in the final match England (1-0), Denia He hopes to “get another gold”: “Getting another gold is the need we have. We will try to make the best team possible. The goal is gold, knowing that you have to go step by step.

The former soccer player Atlético de Madrid He analyzed the good moment of the Madrid club, admitting “very cholista” and considering that with this team “they have options to fight for the League, the Cup and the goals of the club.”

“I am very cholist. Having a squad like the one they have, having them committed and having those coming off the bench to solve you, like they do, that’s a great job as a coach. On a tactical level he is among the two-three best in the world and on a group management level he is clearly achieving great performance. They have options to contend with LeagueThe cup and the goals of the club,” he concluded.