Luis Aragones
Luis Aragones
José Luis Aragonés Suárezwas a Spanish footballer and manager. He coached the Spanish national team that won UEFA Euro 2008...
ProfessionCoach
Date of Birth28 July 1938
close coach heart national needs player support team wants
Raul is a very important player because he is the captain, ... The national team is very close to his heart and he always wants to win. He needs the support of the national coach right now and he's going to get it.
counts great occasion player players provide rise side support
Raul is an important player for this side just like other experienced players in the squad. Great players always rise to the occasion when it counts and can provide psychological support to the other players in the side.
finished second teams three
The three teams are complicated. They've finished second so they must be. All three are dangerous.
advantage african although coast cup good hope ivory played players spain team
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.
finish together
We're all packed together but I still think we'll finish in first place because we're the best.
dreams finals hands hopes millions spanish
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.
included players prove return side themselves
But all the players who have not been included know that they can return to the side if they prove themselves on the pitch.
aim goals inferior lose paper possible rivals score
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.
approach difficult direct maybe opponents paper strong
On paper Lithuania are maybe not that strong technically, but they make up for that a direct approach and they will be very difficult opponents especially when they play at home.
although bit easily problems slip win
Serbia are going to have problems in their two games. They could easily slip up in one of them, although we have to do our bit and win our two as well.
cold convinced good powerful problem slovakia spain state
We'll have the problem of the cold and the state of the field, but I'm convinced we can win. Slovakia is a good team. But when Spain does things right it's a powerful team.
ability both essential goals superior sure technical terms win
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.
badly believe believing failed national played players team
To say that we've played badly and we've failed in this, this and this is normal. I believe in the national team and in the players I've got and I think that little by little they're believing in what I tell them.
bad both deal games good half improved opponents worse
Yes, we're a good deal worse than I first thought. We've been bad in the first half in both our games and we've only improved when our opponents have tired.