Luis Aragones Quotes
15 Luis Aragones quotes:
"This game is the most important for me as the coach of Spain. In fact probably ever,"
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"I have only been the coach for a year, however, and I expect to turn this history around both in the playoffs and then at the finals in Germany."
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"De la Pena is a quality player and one of the most effective providers of scoring passes in Spain,"
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"I am a citizen of the world. Some of my best friends are black, including those I had from childhood. The fact that I made a joke in order to motivate a player has nothing to do with being racist. I'm not a racist."
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"There was too much anxiety, hastiness and disorganization. There were occasions when we had four forwards all in a line and that's no good. On the left wing we didn't overlap enough."
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"For their performances in some recent games and almost 65 minutes on Wednesday, the side deserve some credit. They deserve a vote of confidence."
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"They will be good for Torres and for all of us, people can't now say that we lack goals."
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"What's essential is to win. And if it's by two goals, that's better than one. And if it's by three, even better. I think we're superior in terms of our technical ability and we have to use this to make sure of victory. I think we can win both here and there. I'm sure we'll be in Germany."
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"On paper they are inferior to us so our aim is to score as many goals as possible so that we don't lose out to our rivals on goal difference."
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"I'm happy for my players, for my country and for myself. Spain has always qualified for the last 30 years, so there's not a lot to celebrate. But I'm content, we've done the job."
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"Ivory Coast is a good team and has an advantage because it's just played the African Cup final. Although Spain hasn't played for a while, I hope the players can put on a good display."
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"In football terms we are better than our group rivals, but some of them are able to beat us because they know how to compete,"
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"I don't think this result will influence what happens on Wednesday, but I am not going to deny that the squad will have lost a little self-belief."
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"Getting to the finals is every Spanish person's dream. We will have the hopes and dreams of millions in our hands when we play on Saturday."
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"Our opponents took advantage of our anxiety. They had one attack in the first half, scored and then made good use of the situation."
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