The youthful reincarnation of European and World champions suffered their second successive defeat in London 2012 Olympics, effectively knocking them out of the competition.
Spanish Olympic team, the European U23 champions at the age level needed two matches to be knocked from their esteemed perch in world football. A hapless defeat against http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Honduras-c2918 at the
Saint James’ Park.
It was Otsu who scored from a corner to hand the young Rojita their opening round defeat, the feat fell down on the path of http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Jerry-Bengtson-c18399, as the South Americans favoured from his first half early goal to continue their drive for knockout rounds progress.
After the match, Luis Milla acknowledged that the players are disappointed by the recent set of results that have come their way. He admitted that the dressing room is gloomy after the disheartening defeats.
Despite the defeat, the Spanish tactician praised the players for their determination and performance. Milla claimed that the youthful reincarnation of World and European champions put on a great show for the fans but suffered from their inability to hit
the back of the net.
Continuing on the subject, Luis Milla rejected notions that he will look to change the way they play in their final group match. He stated that they have the utmost confidence in their football philosophy and the thought of abandoning it has never crossed
their mind.
"It was an intense match and there were disputes between the players and that can happen," he reasoned. "When you are playing at such intensity yellow cards can happen.”
"As you can imagine everybody is down and disappointed. We played well and we put on a good show. The only thing missing was the goal and we deserved to win, but now we have to analyse what happened.”
"But we will keep believing in the way we play. We will keep pushing our football philosophy because all that was lacking was the goal. We played some great stuff."
Spanish Olympic team take on the challenge of http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Morocco-c2961 in search of their first points in their last group match.
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