MADRID, 3 Jul. (EUROPA PRESS) –
The goalkeeper of the Spanish team and FC Barcelona Cata Coll assured this Monday that the team is going to the World Cup in Australia and New Zealand, which takes place from July 20 to August 20, “with great ambition” to do “big things”. , at the same time that he stressed that the list of 23 footballers is “a united group”.
“We are facing the World Cup with great enthusiasm. We have had a group that I think has many possibilities. And with this team I think we can do something great, we are all convinced of it”, said the goalkeeper during ‘Media Day’ in the selection held in the Ciudad del Fútbol de Las Rozas.
The group is emotionally “very good, with a lot of ambition.” “In the end we are a united group. What has happened, well, it has happened and that’s it”, he commented on the conflict with ‘Las 15’. “In the end we are focused on the World Cup, which is what is important. There are seven games, seven games to win and that is what we are going to do,” he asserted.
“It is what I wanted, to be on that list of 23. It is true that there has been a lot of competition, everything has been very close, but I am happy to be able to be here,” he said, before recounting how he lived his choice to be within the 23 summoned for the World Cup. “I remember that I was at my house in Mallorca. When I saw him later, well, joy. I remember that my mother was crying, everyone was emotional and so was I,” she confessed.
The Barça player insisted that “it was a surprise” her inclusion in the final list. “I have come from a very long injury, with few minutes played and that they called me was a great surprise. After two weeks being here, it is a gift”, Coll valued.
MARÍA PÉREZ: “I AM VERY GRATEFUL TO VILDA FOR HER TRUST”
For her part, Barça B midfielder María Pérez admitted that she was “very comfortable in this group”. “The players who have more experience always help the younger ones a lot to integrate and adapt to the game here. It’s very comfortable, with good vibes,” she applauded.
“Nobody imagined that I would come. I came due to a loss, I started to come, I was comfortable and I didn’t even expect to come to the pre-list. In the end, because I’m here, I’m going to learn from them”, he commented on his choice to be in the world Cup. “I am very grateful for the trust that Vilda has given me. I am very confident and I think that this has to be reflected on the field. I have to be comfortable, because they trust me and that gives me a lot of peace of mind,” added the player, who admitted that he “still” has “shooting” left.
However, he did not hesitate to affirm that he feels “more comfortable” as a pivot, avoiding comparisons with Sergio Busquets. “I don’t like comparisons. At Barça we also have a very peculiar game model that I like a lot and I think we have to understand it well to be as similar as possible. But each one has to be different in their own way”, opined.
Although he did confess that he admires “a lot” his teammates at Barça Patri Guijarro and Keira Walsh. “I have a good relationship with them. I soak up as much as possible from that game that the two have, who for me are the two best pivots in the world. It’s a privilege to be with them every day, because I learn a lot,” she said.
“The World Cup is the biggest showcase for football, I’m not going to have a better stage, but I take it easy, without pressure, because in the end I’m young, I have many years ahead of me. But it is true that it is a showcase Very big for, if I have my chances, to demonstrate. We all have options to be in the eleven, but it’s a technical decision. If I’m in the eleven, fine, and if not, I’ll be from the bench, from wherever, supporting and ready to when those opportunities are given to me,” he concluded.