The Spanish team is already preparing at the new Zorrilla in Valladolid for tomorrow’s match against Georgia, the last of the group stage for next year’s Euro Cup in Germany, already with qualification in its pocket. Álvaro Morata, the captain of the red team, went through the press room and praised Lamine Yamal, the 16-year-old FC Barcelona player who could play his fourth game for Spain tomorrow and will only be able to play with the national team. Spanish. “He is 16 years old and looks like he is 26 or 27. It is an amazing thing. It is to congratulate all the coaches he has had in his career. Everything that is good for him will happen to Spain. He is a great boy and already a great player,” he commented.
Later, the Atlético striker praised how well integrated Yamal is into the group. “The truth is that you don’t have to take care of him and be on top of him like a 16-year-old boy. Lamine is not as shy as he seems, he integrates into the group easily and makes jokes. You don’t have to be behind him. of him so that he integrates.
Luis de la Fuente also spoke about the Barcelona player. Asked if anyone thought that Yamal might opt ??to play for Morocco and if he was going to play him tomorrow to avoid that possibility, the Riojan denied it: “With Lamine there is no doubt. With four games he will play with us for sure, but no That is important because he is convinced to play with us. He has realized that to be here, the demand is maximum. He has to mature and has a long way to go. We are very lucky to have a footballer of this talent and he is better accompanied of the great players he has around him. He has understood that the most important thing is to put talent at the service of the team.
De la Fuente also spoke about another of the Barça players in the squad, Gavi, and did not want to reveal if he will play against Georgia: “Gavi is hyperactive. He never wants to stop. You just have to watch him train. Good players never rest. When they finish The League plays with their countries. They are good and special because only the best can withstand that pace. You have to be careful, but Gavi is very young and gifted. He can withstand this pace. Besides, we are still in November. Let’s evaluate tomorrow’s game, but we want to win it leaving a good feeling.
The coach is in charge of the position: “Unlike Luis Enrique, I would like to renew before (the Euro Cup begins). We are sure to reach an agreement. When the time comes, if both parties are happy there will be no “No problem. I already said that I would like to renew until the World Cup in Spain!”
Luis de la Fuente commented that tomorrow there would be rotations but did not specify whether many or few. He also commented that the Eurocup group is already made: “You don’t make a footballer debut on a whim or to give him a gift. I am from a generation that doesn’t give anything away. All the footballers who are here have earned it. No I know what the future holds. Unfortunately, between now and June there will be injuries and it will open the door to players who have not yet come, but the group is very clear and is more than 30 players. Then we will have to leave it at 25-26. Surely there will be some more players who can come in, because there will be setbacks.”
And he continued: “Everyone here is fine. There will surely be changes. There have been players with a lot of minutes, but it is a very important match. There are no formal matches here. Any match that Spain plays is official and we want to win. and playing well.”
The topic of injuries also came up in the press conferences. De la Fuente commented that “those who are injured with the national teams could also have been injured with their clubs. Injuries are things of football.” Morata said that “the players don’t ask us when it comes to making the schedules. We are just employees and we have to follow the schedule. The more games there are, the more risks of injury, but they come when you least expect it. Sometimes it doesn’t matter. if you take care of yourself or if the coach gives you rest.”
The Madrid forward made an assessment of his career: “In my career I have been playing for and to avoid criticism, looking for the six. Nobody likes having your work evaluated in a negative way. And sometimes I have failed because I thought I had to demonstrate many things. There are games where I do 12-13 kilometers pressing and you have two chances and the mistakes. I have won many things without scoring many goals, without taking penalties and without being a selfish person.”
