Match against Croatia: “It is the most important game that I have played with the National Team. It's what he played. We were playing a quarterfinal of a European Championship. You had to squeeze. My cufflinks went up in the first part of extra time, but then fine. We must recover now and be aware because the team that plays the most overtime can notice it. We have players with power and speed. It is something that must be valued ”.
Luis Enrique: “I told him I was strong. I appreciate your trust. When you go through less beautiful moments, having a group like the one we have helps a lot ”.
Hard scoring against Croatia: “I could have taken a card from him, but if you ask for it, he takes it from you. Nothing serious, some insults between us. Then he was super-educated and wished me luck ”.
The goal to Croatia: “I saw the goal, my wife sent it to me. I knew I was going to have a second and a half or two to get high and it worked out fine. I spoke to Chiesa about her great goal and it stuck in my head. Just like I put it in, I could break a glass, but it went inside.
Have you gotten something off yourself ?: “I don't have to take anything off myself, I've been working all my life to defend the National Team and I know how I have passed it when I have had to watch it on television.”
Goal celebration: “It was because of Gonzalo Caballero. This week we talked a lot and I told her that she was a source of inspiration. I don't like bulls, but they are an example of gambling everything in there. You have to be very prepared to know that for a few inches or seconds you can have failure or success ”.
Does Luis Enrique ask you for physical waste ?: “In the end it is different. Everyone on your team asks for what they think is good for the team. At Atleti I had to be in the area and in my team this year I have played more similar to what I do here. You have to do a little of everything. I am very happy to play here. We all go together and give it our all ”.
Differences between Simeone and Luis Enrique: “They are one of the best coaches in history. Each one is different, but they transmit the same thing, they have the winning gene inside. For me it is a pleasure to play with Luis Enrique and I also have a great thanks to Simeone ”.
Luis Enrique said Morata and 10 more: “I felt supported like never before in my career. He appreciated the things he did that had nothing to do with the goal ”.
Nobody discusses Morata anymore ?: “You have to be on the same line, neither be negative nor come up. You have to be prepared, that they criticize me, but I want to put everything I have and give everything for the National Team ”.
Whistle reasons: “I know why they whistle me. I'll say it later. It's not everyone. There are people who may like me more or less, but who know that I sacrifice a lot for the National Team.”
Unbrained: “After what has happened in the last year, you realize that you are fragile and you see that there are people without sensitivity capable of insulting a woman or children. I hope it does not happen to them. We have had dark moments with a global pandemic and they They can get very nice things. There are things that cannot be done. I don't want to give it more importance because there are people who have supported me a lot. In the end it was a person who was suffering. Despite being well, there is a part within you that suffers. I've had enough complicated moments, but the family is the family, and my parents are also overwhelmed … “.
Pressure according to rival: “I honestly believe that if we go away with Croatia they would say it was a minor team, but if Croatia reaches the final they say it is the best. Switzerland is theoretically inferior, but it is not because we have already played with them and we know it. What we have to do is think about ourselves to be in London, which is the goal ”.
Is Spain one of the favorites ?: “Before coming here, the teammates give you as one of those who can win the European Championship because they have seen us in the qualifying games and they know that our group is different from the rest.”
Was it the game of your career ?: “The Unai thing is something that has a lot of merit. He has a lot of personality and he was the best of the game. We were all with him. I have had games of a certain level and in the end it is a great game and in general it is not that it is a turning point because the emotions had been experienced in teams ”.
Pedri: “Just yesterday when we were on the plane I told him that he has started to play a Euro before driving. He plays as if he were 40 years old. He takes it as standard. At 18 years old, the personality and attitude that few have. Eric also gives a very high level in the National Team “
Are you talking about how this Euro can be won ?: “We talk about so many things that in the end we don't have to talk about it, it is perceived in the environment we want. When we go home we will all leave satisfied to have been here ”.