http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Barcelona-c38604 star, Gerard Pique, revealed that he went into disenchantment when he realized that Luis Milla’s charges have been eliminated from the Great Britain hosted event.
Spanish Olympic team suffered the ignominy of ending their run in London 2012 with a single point to show for. La Rojita left the Iberian Peninsula as favourites for the gold medal but return to their homeland with a last place finish to show for their efforts
on the Island.
Following the hapless defeat at the hands of Japan where the Samurai Blue wasted as many as five chances, Luis Milla’s charges were undone by Honduras’ solitary goal. However, in their second match it was the Spaniards who were profligate in front of the
net, failing to convert from their 24 chances.
It was against Morocco that the youthful reincarnation of World and European champions managed to accumulate their solitary point. The fixture was a repeat of Spain’s match against Honduras, failing once again to hit the back of the net after dominating
possession.
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Gerard-c14664 Pique was perplexed by the news of his compatriots resounding elimination on the first hurdle, but backed them for future success.
The Catalan defender claimed that http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Morocco-c2961 in a lower branch than Spain.
Pique added that it is not the pressure of winning another tournament that can be attributed to excuse their hapless performances. The Spanish international remarked that they did not have the luck on their side as they faced defeats despite having 15 shots
on goal
"That just shows how hard football is and that you can always lose even if you are paired with teams who look easy on paper," he shared.
"It is not the pressure of winning another tournament, but rather that they had a bad match and then against http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Honduras-c2918 they had 15 chances on goal but could not score.”
"They had the quality to take the gold medal. It is an example to take about how hard it is to beat any opponent."
"Spanish Super Cup gives us a lot of confidence for the rest of the season. It is a special competition against a special rival and I am sure that it would be important to win it, but it is not like it is crucial.”
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