After Spain’s defeat against Scotland (2-0) in the qualifying phase for Euro 2024, reactions followed one another in the sphere of Spanish football. One of the most famous was that of Rodri Hernández, a Manchester City player and captain of the team at Hampden Park last night, who charged against the game of the Scottish team in the mixed zone.
“It’s their way of playing and you have to respect it, but for me it’s a bit rubbish. Always wasting time, they provoke you, they fall… For me, this is not football. For the speed of the game, you have to keep going The referee has to accept this, but he doesn’t say anything,” the man from Madrid told Viaplay.
These statements have generated controversy in Great Britain, where various media have echoed the news.
The Spanish international also wanted to comment on the game of the Spanish team, and asked please not to start doubts. “We don’t want to start with doubts please because we are working, trying and many things have been done well. They have been specific errors that have penalized us but it is everyone’s work, collectively. We all win and lose. By working we will surely improve”, he declared to Teledeporte.
Rodri lamented the lack of goals and luck, especially in the first half in which he defended that they deserved better luck. “It is clear that they have scored the two they have had and we have tried. We have had two posts, quite a few chances and very clear ones, especially in the first half. We have to improve, mistakes are expensive against these teams. The feeling is of a day that you do it well but it does not finish to enter and to them everything has gone to them of face”, analyzed.
“They have played a good game, the field is no excuse, they have their conditions and we have to adapt. The first goal put us in tow and it is difficult against a line of five locked up, even so we have had options but the ball has not entered and we have to be more effective”, he sentenced.
Along the same lines, Iker Casillas, former ‘La Roja’ goalkeeper, also wanted to dispel doubts and launched a reflection through his Twitter account. “On Saturday Spain was milk. We were going to win the 4th Euro Cup. Nobody remembered Luis Enrique. Today the coach is a ruin. Spain a disaster. They do not qualify for the Euro. And we have just started…”, wrote the one from mostoles.
Spain had not lost a Euro Cup qualifying match since 2014 when they fell 2-1 to Slovakia.
