MADRID, 17 Nov. (EUROPA PRESS) –
Former Spanish coach Javier Clemente valued this Thursday the work of Luis Enrique at the head of the national team in the World Cup in Qatar, highlighting that the Asturian “takes those he likes”, because he is “the one in charge”, at the same time that he asked “Dramatize football”.
“Luis Enrique is super funny, they say he looks like me because they say he’s unpleasant with the press, but I’m a sweetheart. I don’t understand why they say it. I tell them what I think I think of them, I speak clearly “, Clemente said about the attitude of the current coach at an event of the Frecuencia 0.0 program organized by Tanqueray 0.0% in Madrid.
The former Athletic Club coach, among other teams, assured that Luis Enrique is “the one who sets the tone for criticism and praise” in a team without a great star. “Of Real Madrid, Carvajal is very good, but he is not the star. At Barça, the stars are foreigners. Who do we take as a star in the national team? For better or for worse, Luis Enrique” , analyzed.
“Luis Enrique takes those he likes, he’s the boss,” Clemente said of the Spanish squad for Qatar, with 20 rookies and an average age of no more than 26 years. “In Madrid they began to mess with Luis Enrique because he made a list with none of Real Madrid. They criticized him horribly, until it was shown that he could only take one, Nacho. But why not take one… A coach, in the end, is an amateur, each one could make their list,” he added.
Regarding the world of soccer and the fan in general, Clemente defended the de-dramatization of this sport. “If you lose nothing happens, some want to commit suicide. You have to play down football,” he said convinced.
“You are always looking to win, but I have not given importance to the result. When they eliminated us in the World Cup in France, I gave them a hug and said: ‘nothing happens'”, he related about the elimination of Spain in the group stage of France 1998, before assuring that “in football you don’t assume defeat or play badly”.
Javier Clemente participated with Tanqueray 0.0% in the Frecuencia 0.0 initiative, which features Pantomime Full as ‘starting strikers’ and a series of first-class protagonists, such as the former coach himself, Valeria Ros, Julio Salinas, Joan Capdevila or Galder Varas.
Thus, on November 23, comedians Rober Bodegas and Alberto Casado will begin discussions with Javier Clemente about the performance of the Spanish team in the World Cup in Qatar, in each of their duels against Germany, Costa Rica and Japan.