World Cup Punctured balls, a bad grass, a team in a bad streak ... "I'm very worried", says Luis Enrique
The national soccer coach,
Luis Enrique Martínez
, wanted to offer a "
more optimistic
" face in relation to that of last Sunday after winning 'in extremis' to
Georgia
, and although he also warned that it seemed that there was already "a '
maquinón' of selection
"after the defeat of
Germany
, he did not hide that"
a bit of negativity
"
could be something beneficial
in the face of the Eurocup, a tournament for which he is not forming a fixed eleven because he sees" more important "that any of the that summons.
"The important thing is to
beat Kosovo and add the three points
, but for June a bit of negativity does not hurt so that people are more attentive," Luis Enrique stressed this Tuesday at a press conference prior to the clash against Kosovo.
The Asturian pointed out that "from a 'party'" against Germany there were many people who thought that "there was already a 'maquinón' of selection".
"
The one that won the World Cup and the Euro Cups
came from the qualifying stages with very fair results. Professional football does not know of great differences and it may seem that we had to win everything, but it has already cost us a dislike with
Greece
and we could have drawn with Georgia, "he remarked.
Regarding the last game, he was less pessimistic since "the tension of the party itself distorts its own reality."
"After seeing it, the reflection is more positive and so I communicated it to the players and
I will communicate it to them with images,
" admitted the man from Gijón to whom the first part in
Tbilisi
did not seem "not at all bad", although they did not go "too deep ".
Luis Enrique also referred to the debate on the non-existence of a fixed eleven.
"What
I cannot do as a coach is to make my decisions according to what Pepe, Lucas or Manolo wants,
" he ironically stated, later clarifying that he was referring to the media that generate "opinion."
"
I have a history and for that they have signed me
. I am delighted, I have 24 players and anyone could play and that is more important than having only eleven, then three are injured before the Euro and you arrive with players without confidence," he commented .
And it is that the technician thinks that "it seems" that if he had a fixed eleven, things would be "better" for him.
"It is always wanting what we do not have. I may be wrong, but it is my way of being and I will continue with it until I am not right," he settled.
Of the match against Kosovo, he assured that he expects "
a bit of a rival as in previous games
", although the Balkan team is a "different team from Greece and Georgia."
"I have seen some games in which he
presses high intensely
. They are daring and try to play, I like it considering that he dares to take risks. He is going to complicate our lives in different phases of the game, he is a complicated opponent and so on. We have passed it on to our players, "he warned.
GERARD MORENO, SERGIO RAMOS AND PEDRI, LISTOS
The coach explained that
Gerard Moreno
has stayed because "two different resonances" showed that "
there was no injury
", but that they did not want to "take risks" and have decided "intelligently that he should not play until he had zero discomfort", while He stressed that
Sergio Ramos and Pedri
are ready to play.
In this sense, and after last week he acknowledged that he did not believe that
anyone could play the three games
, he clarified, asked if that also affected the goal, he joked that he could also say "
some 'little lie
'".
"The good thing we have is that any of the three, and some that have not come, generates a lot of confidence in me and some that have not come as well. All three can play with me and they have the illusion. I am receptive to anything that improves my selection, "he admitted.
"
I would not like to burden anyone
. We also control the minutes in their clubs and if they have European competitions. Each one is treated differently because each one has a different physique," he added about new rotations.
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