Spanish international Juan Mata claims team has not lost its identity
Spanish international and http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Chelsea-c38786 winger, Juan Mata has gone on to offer a few words of support to his international team mates, as the player has claimed the Spanish team have not loss their identity.
The player made these comments following a rather shocking loss to England by one goal to nil in an international friendly.
Despite having dominated the game, Mata’s Chelsea team mate, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Spain-c3011.
Mata came on in the game as a second half substitute, as he came on to replace Manchester City midfielder http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/David-Silva-c10601. Despite not making much of an impact, Mata was still following the Spanish philosophy, which saw him pass the ball around a lot, while
looking to run around their opponents.
When talking about the game, the player went on to highlight the importance of the upcoming Euro 2012 and what affect this game might have on it.
Mata is quoted to have said:
"Our team has not lost its identity. We tried to play in the way we know and tried to score, but they [England] scored with their first chance"
"England did not surprise us as we know they will be one of the favourites to win Euro 2012 in terms of their history and the squad they have.”
"We know that our last two friendlies have not gone well, but we have done better in official matches."
During the game, Spain went on to observe their normal plan, which saw them dominate and create a few chances. However, the English defence was unusually sharp during the game and prevented the Spanish forwards from getting anything out of the game.
A http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Darren-Bent-c10358 head the ball off the post, fortunately, the ball fell in front of Lampard who had the simplest of tasks of heading the ball over the line from one yard out.
With the game ending at one goal to nil, critics and experts all across the world took note of England and the work that http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Fabio-c13152 Capello had put into them.
After all, beating the world champions, even in a friendly is no simple task.
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