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De La Fuente: I am proud to coach Spain, and I am used to the pressure from the outside world when the national team is injured.

12:53pm, 15 October 2025【Football】

虎扑10月15日讯在今天凌晨结束的欧洲区世界杯预选赛比赛中,西班牙队以4-0的比分大胜保加利亚,赛后,西班牙主帅德拉富恩特接受了媒体采访谈到了自己对比赛看法和感受。

About Spain's performance

In my eyes, this is still a top team. We are very lucky because the team has the ability to field three or four competitive starting lineups. I would like to congratulate the team members for their outstanding performance and full dedication in the game.

Merino's first goal was very similar to the one in the previous game.

Pedri has a unique football talent. He can see the situation on the field that is difficult for others to detect. This time, he once again launched a similar attack to the previous one. During the game, the team was highly focused and fully committed. If it weren't for the opponent's goalkeeper's superb performance, we could have scored more goals.

Opinions on being unbeaten in 29 consecutive official games

I would especially like to congratulate our players for achieving this landmark achievement. However, we still have higher goals to pursue and will not be satisfied with the status quo. I'm very happy, but we didn't take the unbeaten record to heart before. Our thoughts were all on qualifying for the World Cup.

Regarding the possibility of theoretical qualifying

Next, we have two tough battles with Georgia and Turkey. We must complete the set tasks. These two opponents are difficult to deal with. We still have a lot to improve on, but I believe we can do it.

About the tactical arrangements and opinions of this game

We knew in advance that this would be a difficult game that required patience.对方采用低位防守战术,防守相当严密,上半场我们处理球不够细腻,踢得比较艰难,但我们始终没有放弃。随着进球的到来,比赛局势逐渐发生转变。 It's a shame not to be able to give some playing time to other good players who deserved that opportunity, but we have to take this game seriously.

Feelings about tying Bosque’s unbeaten record in official matches in team history

Bosque is a role model for me to learn from. I am very happy to be able to tie this record. This is the result of the joint efforts of the players and I cherish it very much. Our players are never satisfied with the status quo and always pursue higher goals. We hope to extend this unbeaten record to 30 or 31 games... We are eager to achieve more brilliant achievements and are full of confidence in the future.

Not qualified yet

I have always emphasized that nothing is easy at the national team level. On the contrary, I like our opponents to create difficulties for us. It’s not easy to overpower our opponents and any team can cause us problems. We are gradually resolving the issue, but there is still work to be done.

Are you fed up with the pressure on you due to injuries to national players?

I'm used to it. I remember we haven’t secured qualification yet.

During the game, you adjusted the positions of Merino and Pedri. Why did you do this? Is it because it works?

我认为那样的调整对球队最为有利,从现在的情况来看,确实收到了更好的效果。 I originally had the idea of ​​using this tactic, but fortunately there was nothing wrong with the other arrangement. Overall, this is a more ideal arrangement.

So is Merino positioned as No. 6 or No. 9?

He is a very comprehensive player with extremely outstanding abilities, but I always put the overall interests of the team first.

Also undefeated in 29 games, what did this team inherit from Vicente del Bosque’s bullfighting team?

Whether it is from the perspective of team inheritance or competitiveness, we are all beneficiaries of the achievements of our predecessors. Since 2008, first Luis (Aragones) and later Del Bosque have left a valuable legacy for the team and have been of great help to the players. On a cultural level, the players are familiar with this glorious history, which gives us great motivation. Coupled with the excitement brought by competition, the players have more fighting spirit.