Spain's Olympic coach Luis de la Fuente: The lack of goals does not worry us
The coach of the Spanish Olympic team, Luis de la Fuente, confirmed, on Sunday, that he is calm despite the low scoring rate of his team in the Olympic Games, noting that the “La Roja” team presents distinguished levels, after defeating the Australian team with a clean goal in the second round. of the third group competition.
"Scoring a goal or two in this kind of tournament is complicated," Della Fuente told a news conference. But the positive side is that we create a lot of chances, which makes us calm. We have more than one scorer on the front lines and for sure they will score."
He continued, "We presented distinguished levels and created several chances, and we only suffer in terms of scoring. When we achieve such a difficult victory (against Australia), the team gains confidence, which will reflect positively on the results of the upcoming matches, but we know how difficult it is to achieve victories in this type of tournament." .
The Spain squad witnessed 5 changes from the main team that played the Egypt match in the opening round, and it ended in a goalless draw, including two forced changes due to the injury of Dani Ceballos and Oscar Mingezza.
The Spanish coach explained that the many changes do not worry him because he knows that any player who will push him will present distinguished levels, especially with the presence of many prominent stars in the team, and he expressed his happiness at the same time with the goal scored by Michael Oyarzabal against Australia, which is the first for Spain in the tournament. .
The Spanish team leads Group C with 4 points, followed by the Australian team in the runner-up with three points, and the Argentine team with the same balance in third place, while the Egyptian team comes in fourth place with one point, after losing to the “Tango Dancers” team with a clean goal.
Spanish news agency EFE
