De la Fuente praises Spain's 'fantastic' work ethic

Luis de la Fuente praises Spain's defensive work ethic after keeping three-straight clean sheets at Euro 2024

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00:01As Antonio pointed out, it's the work of a team, a group of committed players.

00:08It's also a facet. Football is attack and defence.

00:10What determines a great team is balance.

00:13And I think we have it.

00:15Today there was that part, I mean, in the facet,

00:18surely in a football analysis,

00:20that part that we've had to suffer in the second half,

00:23of reflexes, of transitions, as I said, defensive,

00:25surely it's something that, and the game is so open,

00:28we wouldn't have wanted it.

00:30But it has also taught us, it has given us a great lesson

00:32of footballers who are, as I said before, committed,

00:34who are very generous,

00:36who have a fantastic concept of a team.

00:39And all that, when it's up to us to have the ball,

00:42it also determines that it's a team

00:44that also wants to have the ball,

00:46to play well, to give options of passing to the teammate,

00:48of permanent assists.

00:50I think I'll stick with that reading,

00:52of team, of group, of work,

00:54of suffering, of understanding the game

00:56and reading the right readings

00:58at the right time.

01:00I think that's very important and this team,

01:02by its numbers, shows that it does it very well.