“I say honestly that Georgian national team can make situation tougher. It is a well-organized team and we must be concentrated. My football players do not need special motivation. They know that they must not divide teams with weak and strong opponents”, - these are the words of one of the most titled coach in football history, Vicente del Bosque.
Head coach of “Furia Roja” answered questions of journalists after the press conference of Casillas and Xavi. Before that del Bosque was sitting quietly in the press conference hall. He did not even get angry when microphone was disconnected. When there was noise in the hall, he stopped talking.
- Your team played without nominal forward at European Championship. Are you going to restore Villa-Torres duet now?
- This question will be answered tomorrow. I can tell you that all members of the team are important for us.
- Pedro scored double against Saudi Arabia. Will he play in the first line?
- Pedro will play for sure but we are also planning to use Villa.
How important is the match against Georgia for you?
- We won 18 matches in two qualifications and we want to continue this series. We must play like we did for four years. So, we must start this qualifying successfully.
- Will your players be relaxed? Spain won all titles and are you afraid of lack of motivation?
- No. There are aged football players in our team. They want to play in Brazil and to win World Championship there. We start World Championship with the match against Georgia…
- How will you estimate Georgian team?
- I say honestly that Georgian national team can make situation tougher. It is a well-organized team and we must be concentrated. My football players do not need special motivation. They know that they must not divide teams with weak and strong opponents.
- Spanish team had starts in the previous years too but it became European Championship only once in 1964. Spain could not win grand tournaments till 2008. How did Spain manage to become No.1 team in the world?
- I agree with you that we had stars but now we have a new model. Besides that, we are lucky. It is a merit of Spanish Football Federation too.
- Are you afraid that opponents might guess your play style and you cannot win matches? Are you going to make some changes?
- First of all, this model is made by football players. We have players who can defend and attack. The second happens often. It is universal style.
- Of course, Spain is a favorite of the group. What are the chances of other teams?
- Each team can make situation tougher. As I have already told, we do not divide opponents with weak and strong teams. It is one of the factors which helped us to gain victory.
- Football players of “Barcelona” and “Real” often have conflicts while “El Clasico”. You were afraid that it might have affected on the national team. Do you solve this conflict or do players reach agreement themselves?
- “Real” and “Barcelona” are very different. I can tell a lot about their matches but the both teams have such players whose word has a great strength. The players know that there must be good atmosphere in the team to defend the name of Spain.
Ilia Nanobashvili
