The Spanish trainer revealed that La Roja players were gunning to take the responsibility of converting from the spot kick in Spain’s penalty shootout against Portugal.
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Cristiano-Ronaldo-c9629 fired blanks as Portugal vs. Spain Euro 2012 semi-final headed towards a penalty shootout. La Roja managed to tame their neighbours with a favourable 4-2 to book their place in the finals of the European Championship.
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Vicente-c36001 Del Bosque was understandably pleased with the final result that puts them one step away from successfully defending their European title.
While talking about the reason Spain managed to tame http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Portugal-c2984 in the penalty shootout, the former Real Madrid player revealed that it was the mentality of the players that gave them the upper hand.
Elaborating on his statement, Del Bosque stated that all the players who were eligible in the shootout rose their hands for the responsibility.
The Spanish head coach also took out time to talk about http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Sergio-Ramos-c33096’ Andrea Pirlo-esque penalty and the reasoning behind Cesc Fabregas taking the final shot at goal.
Ramos’ choice was gut wrenching after his attempt to send the ball in orbit during Real Madrid’s UEFA Champions League semi-final second leg penalty shootout at the Santiago Bernabeu at end of April.
Del Bosque revealed that the http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Job-c18684 of converting the second kick that came their way but asked for the fifth one.
On the other hand, the 61-year-old stated that he has confidence in the Real Madrid player and had no problem in nominating Ramos.
“Everybody offered themselves to take penalties," he revealed. "Cesc got the second, but he asked for the fifth one. We wouldn't discuss that. We had great confidence in Sergio [Ramos]. The keeper was choosing one of the sides [in the shoot-out] and he did well. And Sergio's was a good effort.”
“Now, it is time to rest and prepare for the final.”
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Italy-c2926 play it out amongst themselves to challenge La Roja’s European dominance.
It was the German national team that came up short against Luis Aragones’ men four years ago, who had earlier beaten the Azzurri in the Euro 2008 quarter-finals.
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