The Madridsta has refused to appear too confident ahead of La Roja’s encounter with the Irish, as he believes that an upset is possible.
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Xabi-Alonso-c37045 has voiced his concerns prior to his side’s second match of their Euro 2012 campaign. The midfield maestro believes that their opponents for the fixture, Ireland, have the ability to hurt the Spaniards with their counter-attacking football.
La Roja Furia are yet to secure a victory in the European Championships and the defending champions will hope to make the best out of this match.
Although Spain have been tipped as heavy favourites to emerge victorious from the clash, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Alonso-c5254 has refused to write-off the Boys in Green. The veteran footballer is of the opinion that the Reds will need to ‘watch-out’ when Ireland begin to counter.
Having drawn their first match of the Euro, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Vicente-c36001 Del Bosque’s men are desperate to find their path back to winning ways.
The World Champions faced great adversity in the previous edition of the tournament; yet, they managed to pave their way to glory.
However, the competition is much more intense this time around and this is the exact reason why Del Bosque’s men won’t be taking any chances against Ireland, a side which is considered the weakest link in Group C.
Although the Greens faced a rather heavy defeat at the hands of http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Croatia-c2879 in their last match, they do not seem ready to give up yet as they are likely to give their all in the game against Spain.
Alonso has pointed out that since the match represents the last chance for Ireland to qualify from the group stages, they will be significantly determined to get a favourable result.
While talking to reporters, the former http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Liverpool-c39809 man quoted:
"With Irish teams, you know they are very proud. They will fight from the first minute until the last and they will play together as a team. We will have to be very patient. We will have to try to score early in the game because that makes everything easier
afterwards.”
"It's going to be a difficult match. Anything can happen. We will have to fight from the beginning."
Spain will face Ireland on Friday at the PGE Arena in Gdansk.
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