Del Bosque says Euro 2016 qualification has cost Spain
2015-10-11 10:35:00 from:SNTV
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SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Vicente del Bosque, Spain coach:
"Among a lot of details, I think we've qualified well, but we've suffered in the process. It's cost us a lot. I think that we have to congratulate ourselves, however. After the defeat to Slovakia, we were hindered us for the whole qualifying phase. And then with our play and the renewal of the team, I think we've made progress, and now we have a team that's practically decided. I can't name eleven players, not just eleven, but we have an idea of how we want to play and we're all going in the same direction - we want the same thing. I think that with the match against Ukraine, the changes we're going to make, we'll stick more or less to what we've done here."
SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Vicente del Bosque, Spain coach (on defender Gerard Pique being whistled by the crowd again):
"Personally, I'm tired of the subject of Gerard Pique being whistled. But I don't see why we need to dwell on that. Rather, we should thank the number of people from La Rioja and Logroño who have been very kind and shown lots of affection to the Spanish national team, and that will stay with me more than those who've whistled, to be honest. Thanks to all those who feel affection for the Spanish national team and support us, there were lots of people who did that at the game today."
SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Vicente del Bosque, Spain coach:
"Among a lot of details, I think we've qualified well, but we've suffered in the process. It's cost us a lot. I think that we have to congratulate ourselves, however. After the defeat to Slovakia, we were hindered us for the whole qualifying phase. And then with our play and the renewal of the team, I think we've made progress, and now we have a team that's practically decided. I can't name eleven players, not just eleven, but we have an idea of how we want to play and we're all going in the same direction - we want the same thing. I think that with the match against Ukraine, the changes we're going to make, we'll stick more or less to what we've done here."
SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Vicente del Bosque, Spain coach (on defender Gerard Pique being whistled by the crowd again):
"Personally, I'm tired of the subject of Gerard Pique being whistled. But I don't see why we need to dwell on that. Rather, we should thank the number of people from La Rioja and Logroño who have been very kind and shown lots of affection to the Spanish national team, and that will stay with me more than those who've whistled, to be honest. Thanks to all those who feel affection for the Spanish national team and support us, there were lots of people who did that at the game today."
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