BEIRUT, LEBANON (3:40 P.M.) – Spanish football player Isco said that team will “have to fight to death” to win the upcoming World Cup game against Iran, during a press conference in Krasnodar, Monday.
“We will try to score during the first minute, as always. It’s not easy, obviously, but we have to fight to death with the style that defines us, we have to play, to touch the ball, to have possession, and if we play quickly from side to side, occasions will arrive and I hope we can score quickly”, he said.
When asked about new coach Fernando Hierro, Isco affirmed that “there haven’t been many changes because he knows that we work well with what we already have”.
Asked about new coach Fernando Hierro, after the sudden sacking of Julen Lopetegui, Isco affirmed that “there haven’t been many changes because he knows that we work well with what we already have”. Spain will face Iran on June 20 at the Kazan Arena.
Full transcript:
W/S Spanish football player Isco entering presser, Krasnodar
SOT, Isco, Spanish football player (Spanish): “Something happened, but well, the team’s hope is bigger than anything that happened. We are very concentrated, very motivated. This is a World Cup, and it’s every four years, and it’s very difficult to be here, so we have to keep distance from what happens outside, focus on the field, on the trainings, and on doing things right. We are looking forward to the second game, to giving good news, and to winning.”
W/S Presser *CUTAWAY*
SOT, Isco, Spanish football player (Spanish): “We feel very relieved knowing that when we are attacked, there is Sergio Ramos, Gerard Pique, Carvajal, Jordi Alba, Nacho. We are very happy with our defence, with their work. They help us a lot because, apart from defending, they also take the ball out really well, so they make everything much easier.”
W/S Presser *CUTAWAY*
SOT, Isco, Spanish football player (Spanish): “I know Fernando [Hierro] since many years ago. We happened to meet in Malaga team, in the national team. He knows what he does. There haven’t been many changes because he knows that we work well with what we already have. It has been tough for him to face this without expecting it, but I see him very well, very concentrated and he trusts us a lot.”
M/S Spanish National Team sign *CUTAWAY*
SOT, Isco, Spanish football player (Spanish): “We will try to score during the first minute, as always. It’s not easy, obviously, but we have to fight to death with the style that defines us, we have to play, to touch the ball, to have possession, and if we play quickly from side to side, occasions will arrive and I hope we can score quickly.”
Video and translation credit: Ruptly
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