‘It is essential to worth the Spanish coach’

Luis de la Fuente was not disenchanted to be neglected for the Actual Madrid job however would somewhat it was taken by a Spaniard and never Jose Mourinho.

Mourinho will return for a second spell on the Santiago Bernabeu if incumbent Florentino Perez wins the presidential election, as anticipated, in opposition to challenger Enrico Riquelme on Sunday.

Perez’s choice to return to Mourinho is a shock given one of many unstable Portuguese’s fundamental duties is to revive concord to a fractured dressing room. Given his success in moulding large egos right into a cohesive unit with Spain, it was a shock De la Fuente was not even a contender for the Madrid job however the 64-year-old insists he’s completely satisfied the place he’s.

Requested about Madrid in an interview with Mundo Deportivo, he mentioned: “I’m the place I wish to be. I’ve been within the RFEF [Spanish Football Federation] for 13 years and I’m completely satisfied doing this job. I already mentioned it once I educated the Beneath-19s and the Beneath-21s: I’m right here as a result of I prefer it and since I’m completely satisfied. 

“For me there is no such thing as a better satisfaction than being the coach of Spain. I’d by no means have imagined arriving right here and proper now I consider nothing else than to proceed being a coach for a few years and hopefully retire right here. I nonetheless have plenty of power and I may give loads.”

Requested concerning the Madrid position intimately, De la Fuente expressed his frustration that it seems Spanish coaches might be neglected regardless of their success this season with Luis Enrique, Mikel Arteta and Unai Emery all profitable main trophies.

He added: “I feel it’s essential to worth the Spanish coach. Traditionally, the Spanish coach has been among the best educated on the earth. There’s a fantastic college of coaches, distinctive ideas and strategies. And now the result’s being seen. 

“Spanish coaches are profitable titles in Spain and overseas. We have to be doing one thing properly. What occurs is that, sadly, many instances right here [in Spain] evidently it’s important to present extra. However these [such as the Madrid job] are selections that others make. I at all times wager on nationwide worth, whether or not coach, soccer participant or journalist.”

Spain have the very best gamers on the earth, says De la Fuente

Spain will head to the World Cup as one of many favourites and might be properly fancied to again up their European Championship triumph of two years in the past.

And De La Fuente has full perception in his squad, who’re in Group H alongside Saudi Arabia, Cape Verde and Uruguay.

“I feel we’re conscious of the uncooked supplies now we have,” he mentioned. “In my view, now we have the very best gamers on the earth. However we additionally know that there are a lot of very sturdy squads. In that vary of actual candidates for the title there are eight, 9 or 10 groups with actual possibilities of being world champions. And Spain is amongst them. Now, that doesn’t assure something. It’s important to do issues very properly, make few errors and have good days in order that nobody beats you.”

We’ll handle Lamine Yamal correctly – De la Fuente

What the opposite groups don’t have is a bona fide teenage celebrity in Lamine Yamal. The Barcelona winger is at the moment recovering from a hamstring harm however De la Fuente is wanting ahead to having him match when the motion will get underway.

Requested how he’ll handle the 18-year-old, he mentioned: “As now we have at all times executed: usually, naturally and speaking clearly about what he’s going to search out. It gained’t shock him as a result of he’s a soccer participant and a really mature individual for his age. He has an ideal capacity to rapidly interpret conditions.

“You merely have to concentrate on what you have got between your arms, ft and coronary heart. And present the world the type of soccer participant he’s. He has to proceed to be constant, preserve enhancing, preserve working extra and caring for himself extra, though he already does that. However the demand of the very best stage will ask much more and he’s keen to do it.”