The http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Barcelona-c38604 youth academy graduate dismissed suggestions that the Navigator’s extra two day rest period will have a dominant affect on the outcome of their semi-final meeting.
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Portugal-c2984 in Euro 2012 semi-final. The Portuguese stand in La Roja’s way of making it to the finals of the competition and managing a historic third successive international title.
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Vicente-c36001 Del Bosque’s charges were deal a blow even before they secured passage to the knockout stage, with their rivals Portugal cementing their place two days prior and enjoying a greater time to recuperate their energies.
Nonetheless, Andres Iniesta is unfazed by such suggestions and revealed that the Spanish contingent is not thinking about such prospects. He stated that they have their eyes set on the semi-final meeting with Portugal.
Continuing on the subject, Iniesta claimed that La Roja are want to be at their best in their semi-final meeting and will only assess their fatigue levels once the http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Ukraine-c3032 hosted event has culminated.
"At this point we want to play and not think about those two days. Competition is mounted so. Timing is this. We have an exclusive focus on being accurate; to be effective and when you finish the competition we assess fatigue. We are close to get something
unique and that's on top of any trip and any fatigue.”
The last two fixtures between Spain and Portugal produced extra ordinary results. Meeting in http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/David-Villa-c10629 header knockout the title pretenders out of the competition.
Portugal did return with a vengeance in their next encounter, completely disassembling Vicente Del Bosque’s charges in a 4-0 rout in front of home fans in an international friendly.
With the two sides playing at a high level before coming to Donetsk for the showdown, Iniesta opined that it will be a hard fought affair.
He stated that Portugal have a strong squad to back their glory ambitions and especially highlighted their stern midfield backbone.
"We will approach tomorrow but I think we will wait. They have a very strong midfield physically, very brave. There are high level players. If we are not good, Portugal are an organized squad and this is not what we want," Iniesta remarked.
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