At this point in the film, no one is going to change Luis Enrique, a coach convinced of his success and the potential of his players. Spain is risking its future in the World Cup against Japan with the advantage of depending on itself even to be first, a position that in the theoretical crosses would measure it with Brazil in the quarterfinals. But the Asturian has no intention of doing the milkmaid's accounts.
"In the coaching staff we have asked ourselves the question but then you speculate and in the last 15 seconds you can be eliminated from the World Cup. Spain is not going to speculate, it is not going to look for second place, we want to be first as it should be when you think that your team "It's very good. And if we then get the first in group H (Brazil) then we'll play it," he blurted out this Wednesday in advance of the duel in Japan, in one of the gigantic press rooms of the Doha Convention Center.
The Spanish coach was not surprising and praised the Japanese team highly. "It is very well worked and has players with a very high technical level. Many of them play in Europe and if I have to highlight something, it is that they are very dynamic and very fast," said Luis Enrique. "They are very heavy in the sense that we are not going to have a lot of time to think and to execute. I also really like their midfield, it is first class," he added.
On the possible eleven of Spain against the Japanese, the Asturian coach continued with the same line of not speculating. Busquets, one yellow away from being suspended, is attracting attention in this regard. "We do not intend to speculate with any player, there is nothing to protect. All the teams can be classified in this group of death and we have no intention of speculating with the players," he explained.
Lastly, Luis Enrique spoke about the Ansu Fati case, who has not even started to warm up, one of the seven Spanish outfield players who has not yet played a minute. "He was the last player to make the list, in the previous one he had not come, but there are 8 forwards and he has a lot of competition. I see him training very well, I am delighted, all the forwards fly," he concluded.
