MADRID, 28 Mar. (EUROPA PRESS) –
The national soccer coach, Luis de la Fuente, assured that he felt “satisfied” despite Tuesday’s defeat against Scotland because he had “acknowledged” aspects that are being worked on, and made it clear that “this is a new project” and that he must “go beyond” any result.
“This is a new project and I want my idea to be recognized, the past occupies me what has to occupy me. I want to work on an idea with details that I have recognized, that it is evident that it has not given us to win. I bet on it I don’t know how the fans will assess the future, they won’t be happy, but I saw situations that we have worked on that are positive for the future,” De la Fuente said at a press conference after the game.
The man from La Rioja stressed that the match went as they had “planned” and that they knew it was going to be “complicated and very difficult due to the rival’s characteristics.” “We have developed what we had worked on, and then there have been two accidents that penalize you at a high level. I think the players have followed the plan well and I am satisfied because I have seen what we are working on and I am recognizing things that need to be insist on the future”, he reiterated.
“I am not happy with the result, but I have to go further. I am satisfied to have recognized situations and gestures and approaches that we have worked on in these few days. It is what I intend to improve and polish to grow on that idea”, sentenced the riojan.
For the coach, they only needed to “score goals.” “I bet on these players. Lack of goal has always been questioned in the national team and I do not agree, working in this way they will surely arrive,” he declared. “We have played extensively with the wingers, we have looked for crosses, shots, actions of running spaces. I am still convinced that this is the path and we will surely grow in performance,” he remarked.
“There are things to correct. When you make an initial approach, you always do it thinking that things are going to turn out better, I don’t think the result is the product of the changes introduced. I’m happy with everyone, in the future, each moment will demand a situation and we will try to be right”, pointed out De la Fuente about the eight changes introduced in his eleven with respect to the victory against Norway.
Haro’s man believes that the first half would have been different if they had “scored a goal”. “I think we have had more chances, but the result is unquestionable, Scotland played a very intelligent game,” he confessed.
In addition, he did not give excessive importance to the fact that the goals came from the right side of his defense. “They are isolated situations and two accidents, we blindly trust both,” he said about Pedro Porro and Dani Carvajal. “The only thing that is shown is that there is so much equality at the international level that any detail makes you lose a match. The pitch puts you in your place,” he added.
“This does not change our plan, which is to win the next games. There are important rivals in the group and the games are not easy. We are going to follow our roadmap, keep working, improve concepts and win every game,” he said. the coach, who sees it as “premature” to think that Scotland is the favorite to finish first. “I think they have a powerful team, but there is a long way to go. What we are clear about is that we have to win all six games because it is our responsibility. We will be better prepared in the future,” he said.