Joan Capdevila is one of the main men in the conquest of the 2010 World Cup in South Africa, now 15 years old. Part of Villarreal includes Puyol the most veterans player for 32 years. TàRrega plays every minute under Del Bosque orders and serves MD’s phone to explain some ins and out of the most important success in Spanish sport history.
What are the sensations that have been past 15 yearsS?
If you look, you think, fuck, how time has passed, fast. 15 years ago? You want or not, every little time you remember that you are a champion in the world, and people also remind you. 15 years is a long time.
15 years later, do you continue to stop the street to greet you?
Some are yes, but fewer and fewer. Football is there and the former players will no longer count. It is a law of life. But it’s true that some people in our generation stopped us, but young people were in a different wave. About 40 years of age remind us.
What role did Vicente del Bosque ask for veterans?
The most important profile in the squad was the captains but I remembered that in the snack before the match against Honduras on the second day, after losing the first game against Switzerland, Del Bosque sat at the table, something he had never done. We were a bit informal to talk and asked me to help youngest players, to get a little pressure. That conversation with Del Forest gave me a lot of energy, important for me and a lot of comfort. I said to myself: “Here I am.” Before an important game I was very strong.
Tell us about defeat against Switzerland, how does the group manage pressure after high expectations? They come from the eurocup’s winner and among the favorites
Inside the locker room, at the end of the party, the environmental feeling is not a ‘go disaster’ or a defeat. No, no, on the contrary. We said “It’s not how it starts but how it ends. That day there is a different energy than ever when there was a defeat. That wouldn’t happen and I was surprised at the desire that costumes had to spin the situation.”
They exceeded the phase of the group with a problem and the 16 Portugal’s spinning awaited them.
When we passed the first phase and we saw each of the eighth we said to ourselves in the locker room: ‘Now yes, now we are involved.’ The first three games were a total excitement because we were on the wire and when we arrived at the eighth it was like a release for the group, how to tell us: Now we’re really there.
Spain defeated Portugal, Paraguay and Germany with the same result (1-0) and finally he expects the Netherlands. How do you remember the final?
Before the game we had a different idea of how the game would appear in the Netherlands. We thought they would go out to play more football and not ruin our game and make so many fouls. They were so hard and suddenly surprised and I was surprised. Iniesta sewed him with kicks to all his players, they fired at us. Personally I’m not waiting for a sudden game. The game itself is perfectly matched, we have a few occasions than they and Iniesta’s goal is made by justice to the match.
After the success they went straight to Madrid. What memories do you have in the festival?
The party in Madrid I remembered it as something wonderful. The number of people in the streets … we were in South Africa and we didn’t realize the size of our achievement until we got to Madrid. I have seen many people in the streets in my life. It’s crazy, in all cities, also when it comes to my town. I thought, ‘Go Liada is mounted here, how handsome, I can win the World Cup before’.
For a country as football as Spain, where clubs always have more roots than selection, that the World Cup is leading, you make many million -million people who are very happy.
I keep that, to the happiness of so many people. At least two or three days, people are very happy. Thanks to football, society’s mind can be changed a bit, even in a short time. Seeing people who are so happy is a pleasure that fills me. Throughout the year people have sex, from Barça or Madrid, the PSOE or the PP and at that time we will all embrace. After a few days the people fuck again, but it was very comfortable to unite in those days
Source: La Verdad
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