Del Bosque: “If I had a 9 like Lukaku in 2012 …”

Vicente del Bosque has spoken for the Gazetta dello Sport and, asked about the current forwards and those he has had during his career, ironized about the role he gave Guti as a forward at a specific moment in his history at Real Madrid: “I'm joking, but with Raúl and Guti we played very well and scored goals “.

In addition, regarding this figure of the false 9, he also recalled how they won the Euro 2012 with a great role of Silva, Iniesta and Fàbregas in the area. “It was not a philosophical imposition: it was the solution that seemed best suited to the resources we had “, he claimed. “But if I had a forward like Lukaku I would have used him, I'm not stupid. What matters is quality and this quality favorably conditions the schemes, when you have someone like that you build a team around them. “

He kept talking about the Inter forward, which he said Lukaku is, right now “the best example of the forward who in my time was considered the 9 type” and he also spoke about his partner, Lautaro Martínez, who has played for practically the big three of Spain. “They are a complementary couple. As was Raúl for Morientes or for Ronaldo. They form a couple that could be defined as classic and always valid, because quality is timeless “.