Even though many consider Spain to be vulnerable as compared to before, Casillas thinks that reaching the final of Euro 2012 means something and Spain are still strong.
Spain and Italy are the two sides who have managed to reach the final of the Euro 2012. However, after the game against http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Portugal-c2984, Iker Casillas came out in the open to give out his views about his team.
The Spanish and Real Madrid captain believes that even though many think Spain play boring football, while other believe that they have lost the touch, he thinks that his side is still very strong and that is the reason why they have reached the final of
the prestigious tournament.
Spain had a bumpy ride while reaching the final of the competition. They topped their group after drawing the game against Italy and winning the two games against http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Republic-of-Ireland-c2987.
After reaching the quarter-finals, Spain faced http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Xabi-Alonso-c37045 stepped up for his team, scored a brace and helped them reach the semi-final.
The semi-finals saw Spain taking on Portugal and despite being favourites to win the game easily, Portugal made things difficult for the defending champions and the match was settled through a penalty shootout.
It was Spain that won the match 4-3 on penalties and http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Iker-Casillas-c16815 was the one who saved the first penalty to save the day for the defending champions.
The Spanish captain recently spoke about how many consider Spain to be vulnerable as compared to before and while talking about his side, Iker Casillas said:
"We're fighting to go on reaching finals as we've done now.”
"This team have come together through a lot of hard work and faced criticism.”
"What we want is to give people something to enjoy and from now until Sunday they will do.”
"I don't care who we play in the final - the important thing is that Spain are there."
Italy won the match against http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Spain-c3011 will be playing the final on Sunday, against each other, and the fact that the previous game between the two
ended in a 1-1 draw makes the match even more entertaining.
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