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
ball clearly great
It wasn't a great game, but we had more chances, more of the ball and we were clearly the better side.
beat football group terms
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,
ball becomes difficult knew match
I knew it would be a difficult and complicated match and when you don't put the ball away it becomes even harder,
against belgium everybody exciting group job relying result san win
This is a very exciting group with every result important. Everybody is relying on other results. But we must still do our job and win against Belgium and San Marino.
both coach expect finals history playoffs turn
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.
country happy last qualified spain
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.
definitely hoping slovakia team
Slovakia are definitely not the team I was hoping for.
defense formal forthright initial months serious slap start surprised taken
They've taken so long and their initial forthright defense suggests it will be a whitewash. We would be very surprised if there was anything other than a slap on the wrist. If they were serious then they would have done more by now. It does not take two months to start a formal investigation.
goals good lack people
They will be good for Torres and for all of us, people can't now say that we lack goals.
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.
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.
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.
coach fact game
This game is the most important for me as the coach of Spain. In fact probably ever,
convert course good players recent talent
Of course we have always had good players technically but in recent years we have not been able to convert that talent into international success,