La Roja coach http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Vicente-c36001 Del Bosque discussed Spanish football affairs with gathered press where he refused to rule out Raul from Euro 2012 squad.
The 2010 FIFA World Cup winning coach was attending a Christmas dinner organized by Spanish Football Federation, where he was questioned about Raul's form and his chances of making it to La Roja squad for Euro 2012.
Raul has been in impressive form this term for the German Bundesliga club, Schalke 04, and has scored 10 goals in 17 league appearances.
The Spanish national team manager praised Raul for his great form, and highlighted that he has a good relationship with the 34-year old.
He reflected that the Madrid-born forward is still in his plans for the upcoming European championships, and he has yet to make a ruling on his future.
"I have very good relationship with him. It's amazing what Raul is doing. There is no one with the closed cycle," he said.
Del Bosque had a chance to talk with La Roja record goal-scorer, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/David-Villa-c10629. The player fractured his left leg’s tibia and has been ruled out for upto five months. The national team manager stated that Villa looked lively as they talked.
However, he affirmed that everyone has a chance to make it to the final squad, much like http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Raul-c30652. He stated that they will review the available options on May 15 and the final decision will be taken only then. Continuing on the topic, he admitted that El Guaje’s
absence would be a major setback.
Villa’s teammate at http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Barcelona-c38604, Andres Iniesta, has joined him in the medics room after injuring himself in La Blaugrana’s Copa del Rey fixture against L’ Hospitalet.
With Iniesta ruled out for the next fortnight, Del Bosque stated that he is calm over these circumstances. The 61-year old tactician accepted that he will be faced with such problems over the next six months, adding that he is prepared to tackle them.
Losing the squad's best players comes with the http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Job-c18684, according to Del Bosque. He remarked that the most he can do is hope for the best in the future.
"I'm sure that by the start of the Euro will have more problems. Always at risk. We have to say we're hopeful, but we know the difficulty of a tournament of this nature, so short, that can happen, as happened http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Greece-c2908 in 2004," Del Bosque commented.
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