“In England that would never be red”

Penalized by the referee's decision: “First of all I want to congratulate Spain. I am proud of all my players. A red like this conditions the game for 45 minutes. My players are the heroes of the night, they deserved to be in the semifinals. Tiredness weighed in the round of penalties, I can only congratulate my players. “

Sensations: “I have mixed feelings. We go with our heads held high because we gave everything. But at the same time we were very close to the semifinals, that does not happen every year. But more positive than negative things. The negative is that we have to go of the tournament “.

Players who missed penalties: “All the players are heroes for 120 minutes, it is impressive to go to penalties. We were all tired, we missed penalties. I don't blame them. I am very proud of Vargas, it was a difficult moment in which we were all tired.”

Proud or disappointed: “I always like to look on the positive side. We saw many positive points, we go home with our heads held high.”

Red card: “I didn't see the action. It was a severe decision. In England maybe that's a foul, but never a red one. There was a bit of contact but I think it was rigorous. We had to play 45 minutes with one less man against a very difficult opponent . We go home but proud and with our heads held high. “

Xhaka: “He was with us, he tried to help us with his words and his positive energy. The 26 players deserve to take the credit.”

Words for the batch: “They were heroes for what they had accomplished. I told them they had to find more energy to be successful, but it's a lottery and this time we lost.”

System of four in defense: “We have played with this system other times. Against France we used this system, we changed after the red card.”