Raúl analyzed in a telephone connection with Real Madrid TV the victory against Red Bull Salzburg that gives the youth Real Madrid a place in the final of the UEFA Youth League.
Assessment.– “First of all, congratulate the boys, all the Madridistas and many people who have worked for many years to be in this final. Today we also remember all those generations that have passed. Many deserved to be there and we will try to defend them in the best possible way, trying to do the same as in these games: to give our maximum and at times attacking well and at others defending like today. “
Match analysis. “I believe that today there have been two totally different parts. The first in which we have been superior. We have started very well. The second has had to defend us. They have forced us to defend ourselves and they play very direct. We must also take into account that for us it was our third game and for them the second. We had not competed for five months. This is a group that has been done for seven weeks, that has been training with great enthusiasm and wanting to be here. Today is a prize for work, suffering in the second half. But you do not reach the finals and you do not get the titles if there is no suffering “.
Work of his players. “The guys are doing a great job. They knew what we wanted in the first game and we did them a lot of damage. At half-time they changed and forced us to do a defense of five to have more security in defense and to be able to attack better. It has cost us. We have had some chances and they have not created much danger for us. They are a team that in fouls, corners and the ball in direct play we knew we could suffer, but the boys have known how to suffer “.
“It is a relative happiness, because Real Madrid is only happy when they win”
Raúl, coach of Real Madrid Youth.
First coach to take the Juvenil to the final.— “Real Madrid is my home. I have been able to fulfill my dream as a player and now I have the opportunity to be a coach and have been at home for two years. For me this has been a reward. The club decided that for this tournament it was going to be The candidate was very short to reach these guys. For me it was a pleasant surprise. I took it with great enthusiasm. I am happy, but it is relative happiness, because Real Madrid is only happy when they win. We have to get our boys back. as soon as possible, because it will be our fourth game, theirs the third, and they are games with a lot of wear and tear. Hopefully with the work that everyone is doing here, the doctors, the physios, and the push that we are going to feel from Real Madrid on Tuesday we can compete in the best way and fight until the end. “
Benfica in the final.— “A great rival. Salzburg was a very physical rival, with direct play, which gave us a lot of problems. Against Benfica it will be a much more football match, they have talented players, a great quarry that always “He's fighting. We have already met here at some point and they have eliminated us, so we have an opportunity to be able to offer this title, which is very important, to all of Real Madrid and to all those people who have worked for many years in the quarry.”
Víctor Chust: “The team has known how to compete and give everything”
The center-back, captain of the European Youth, appeared on television after the semifinal match to discuss Real Madrid's qualification for the final.
The victory against Salzburg.– “We have prepared the game very well. We were lucky to get ahead with a goal very early. Our idea was to tighten them because we knew it was a very powerful team at the top and it would want to hit our weaknesses and that it is a practically infallible team against the cons. We have done our job and we have scored another goal. In the second half we conceded a penalty goal, but the team knew how to compete and gave it their all ”.
“We have come to win all four games”
Víctor Chust, central and captain of Real Madrid in the Youth League.
Difficulties before the rival.— “Salzburg have pushed very up and with 2-1 they got on top of us. We had to take advantage of our cons because they tried to have more of the ball, they dominated a little more in the second half and we, due to the result, tried to hold on, but always knowing that we could do and cause damage to the cons.
The final.- “We have come here with the aim of winning four games. Yes it is true that it is a final, there is pressure, Madrid have never reached a final. We will try to give everything, make history if we can and give our best for this shield and this shirt ”.