Most players in La Roja team are first team regulars for their respective clubs and reported for duty after exhausting campaigns.
Spain were given an extra days rest for their quarter-final meeting with http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/France-c2899 and were dealt a shorthand for their semi-final meeting with Portugal, who came into the fixture with two extra days rest.
The story has repeated itself again as Spain found themselves with an extra day off as compared to http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Germany-c2904 a day later.
With many Spanish regulars considered regulars for their respective clubs and appearing in the latter stages of domestic knockout competitions and European cups, suggestions of fatigue in Spain camp have hit news waves.
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Álvaro-Negredo-c5294 came out in the open to touch the subject, claiming that no player in the dressing room is affected by fatigue after making it to Euro 2012 final.
The Real Madrid academy graduate stated that the players do not have a problem with the long footballing season and the tough fixture of the European Championship as they have grown accustomed to the demands of the game due to their club commitments.
Continuing on the topic, Negredo claimed that no one can bemoan about fatigue and exhaustion at this stage of the competition as he rejected the notion as a baseless excuse.
“We’re all used to playing on Sundays and Wednesdays. But this is the modern game, and breaks during tournaments are shorter now.”
"You can’t really use that as an excuse. While we will have had an extra day’s rest, it is unlikely to affect the result.”
Negredo made a surprise start for http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Portugal-c2984 but failed to impress as he did not disturb the scorers during his time on the pitch.
The Sevilla star reflected that he would love to help the team out in their bid of winning their third successive international trophy.
“I hope that I’ll be able to help out. It’ll be a completely different game, and we’ll need to keep putting the work in. If we do things right, the result will take care of itself, no matter who’s actually out on the pitch,” he said.
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