The versatile defender rejected claims that La Roja were boring in their Euro 2012 triumph and insisted that Vicente Del Bosque should keep faith with their philosophy.
Poland and http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Spain-c3011 successfully defend their European title, becoming the first team in international football to win three successive major competitions.
Success in the European Championship did not come in isolation with criticism, with http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Vicente-c36001 Del Bosque’s charges being labelled as boring by numerous critics during the prestigious competition.
Following their victory in Kiev and celebrations in Madrid, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Álvaro-Arbeloa-c5282 took out time to defend the Spanish national team, claiming that their triumph in the competition should silence their detractors.
Continuing on the subject at hand, the former http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Liverpool-c39809 stopper backed Vicente Del Bosque to continue with his excellent work done with La Roja and remain true to the fluid passing football philosophy.
Furthermore, Arbeloa revealed that Spanish players are not bothered by what is said in the media after going through the same ordeal during their triumphant march in the 2010 FIFA World Cup. He pointed towards Spain’s unexpected defeat at the hands of http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Switzerland-c3016
during the footballing extravaganza in http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/South-Africa-c757.
"We are accustomed to the criticism," Arbeloa said while answering questions from media representatives. "It happened to us in the World Cup after losing to Switzerland [in their opening game].”
"But we have always had great confidence in our style and that is what has led us to victory [in http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Poland-c2983 and Ukraine].”
Arbeloa explained that there are many different ideologies that defines good football and Spain have their own definition. He remarked that their footballing style is the identity of La Roja and they cannot leave it for another culture that is trending at
some point in time.
"We have our style and it has been criticised. There are many ways to play good football, but the important thing is that the national team has an identity; a style that has taken years to hone, but that is the formula that has brought us this success.
"I hope when things are not going so well, we will remember this and continue with this style."
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