The Spanish head coach believes that Portugal are La Roja’s biggest threat to successfully defending their European title.
Ahead of Spain’s semi-final meeting with Portugal, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Vicente-c36001 Del Bosque took out time to talk about the things at stake in the match, claiming that it is the biggest match of their lives.
Continuing on the topic, the former Real Madrid player and coach took out time to talk about Paulo Bento’s men and hailed them as tough rivals to play against.
“This is the biggest game of our lives. It is a semi-final and played against a great team."
The Spanish trainer also took out time to talk about http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Cristiano-Ronaldo-c9629, who has gone from strength to strength as the European Championship has dragged on. The Real Madrid talisman has scored three goals in his last two outings, and remains the greatest
threat to La Roja in their semi-final meeting.
Del Bosque stated that the Spanish contingent cannot allow the free scoring attacker to have a field day at their expense.
Continuing on the topic, the experienced tactician claimed that La Roja have the ability to shut him out at the Donbass Arena, pointing towards Spain’s 2010 FIFA World Cup quarter-final fixture with Portugal to support his statement.
"It is important in world football and is normal to have this echo. Try deactivating. In the ongoing World aid did against him and we worked. That we will try again tomorrow, with other men. But the idea is the same. "
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Portugal-c2984 will change their strategy for the encounter.
However, Del Bosque did not give in to the claims and voiced his belief that Portugal will not change their working system.
"It will not happen. The coach has found the key and this team has been very stable. They will just move from the injured Helder Postiga to (Hugo) Almeida."
"If you ask me where I want to play Portugal, I will say that in this field," he remarked.
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