"Incredibly Insulting": Spain Manager Luis De La Fuente Defends 'Best In The World' Rodri After Cape Verde Draw
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Spain completed the last training at the Baylor School in Chattanooga this Friday before heading by road to Atlanta, where next Saturday much of its future will be played in this World Cup in front of Saudi Arabia. Under considerable heat and with the maximum possible intensity, the men of Luis de la Fuente finished the details of a meeting that has acquired enormous significance after the unexpected draw harvested in the debut against Cape Verd…
"Incredibly Insulting": Spain Manager Luis De La Fuente Defends 'Best In The World' Rodri After Cape Verde Draw
Spain coach Luis de la Fuente has described criticism of captain Rodri as "insulting" following Spain's surprising 0-0 draw with Cape Verde in the FIFA World Cup 2026.
The surprising tie against Cape Verde put him back in the trigger. But Luis de la Fuente (Haro, 1961) takes the criticism quietly, knows perfectly how the football business works. His brilliant record at the head of Spain, which includes a Nations and a Eurocopa, passes in the background for a bad match. He accepts it with much more naturalness than resignation and does not lose his innate optimism. But he also knows that before Saudi Arabia thi…
The selector knows he didn't make the best decisions in the debut in front of Cape Verde and now needs to profile a better eleven.
Among all the disappointments possible after the tie against Cape Verde, the most worrying for many analyses and opinions was Rodri’s poor performance as a nuclear point of the selection. Unexpected losses of ball in a single match when we talk about a footballer who spends weeks and months without delivering a ball to the contrary, coupled with a feeling of heaviness and lead in his game. Luis de la Fuente himself summed up the disappointment o…
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brazilsun.com"Rodri best in the world": De la Fuente hits back at critics
Spain coach Luis de la Fuente has described criticism of captain Rodri as insulting following Spain's surprising 0-0 draw with Cape Verde. The draw leaves all four teams in Group H level on one point, setting up a tightly contested battle for qualification ahead of Sunday's fixtures. It seems incredibly insulting to me that people would say that about the best player in the world. Would people say that about others who are considered the best in the world? I think they wouldn't dare, de la Fuente told Cadena COPE radio, as per ESPN. Luis de la Fuente described Rodri as the best player in the world, saying that even when not at his best, he remains superior to most midfielders. De la Fuente praised Rodri's vision, composure, and ability to bring balance to the team, calling him a source of inspiration for Spain. But because they're Spanish, we say things about our own that we wouldn't about others. Rodri is the best player in the world. Even at 50%, he is better than most other midfielders in the world. He brings clarity, vision, and balance. Rodri is an inspiration for us, he added. Cape Verde produced one of the biggest upsets of the ongoing FIFA World Cup, keeping a star-studded world number two-ranked Spain, who are also the current European Champions, restricted to a goalless draw in a sensational defensive masterclass at Atlanta on Monday. Cape Verde is the third smallest nation in terms of population to ever compete in a tournament, but their defence was all heart as Spain went 27 shots without finding the back of the net, their joint-most in a FIFA World Cup WC match without scoring, tied with their 27 attempts against Paraguay in the 1998 edition, which also ended in a goalless draw. (ANI)
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