The 61-year-old tactician completed a fiery first ten days of Euro 2012 as http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Republic-of-Ireland-c2987, while Italy also progressed.
After starting the European Championship in an unceremonious draw with http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Italy-c2926 in Gdansk, Spanish national team ensured passage to the knockout rounds of the competition with a hard fought victory over Croatia in their Group C final match.
A solitary strike from Jesus Navas in the dying moments of the match was sufficient for the reigning European and World champions to stave off the resilient Croatian team.
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Vicente-c36001 Del Bosque was understandably relieved after the match, as he finished a tiring 8 days on a high. The UEFA Champions League winning coach proved his doubters wrong with a place in the quarter-finals as group winners and did not shy away from revealing
his feelings in the post match conference.
The Spanish trainer exclaimed that he is relived after beating Croatia and putting to rest all the conspiracy theories, and confided that all the non sense in the media had taken a toll on the team.
While giving his take on the hard fought victory over the Balkan outfit, Del Bosque shared that even though he is pleased with the victory, a draw would not have decreased his http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Job-c18684 at coming one step closer to defending their title.
Continuing on the subject, Del Bosque admitted that Croatia made them a run for their money as they set up a defensive master class to keep them at bay until the 88th minute.
"We've take off our back all of this mess about the draw. It was more a weight to deal with than an advantage," the former Real Madrid player and coach noted.
"The result would have been good for us, but maybe this [draw prediction] made us a bit confused."
"It was a very tough match," Del Bosque said while talking to Telecinco. "They [http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Croatia-c2879] played well defensively and gave us no space.”
"Cesc Fabregas got into the game to gave us some fresh oxygen, and Navas provided more for us in attack."
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