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.
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.
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.
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.
effective la passes player providers quality scoring
De la Pena is a quality player and one of the most effective providers of scoring passes in Spain,
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,
best childhood citizen fact including joke motivate order player
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.
finished second teams three
The three teams are complicated. They've finished second so they must be. All three are dangerous.
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.
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.