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OK, let’s talk about the final. Spain’s late-goal-getter Mikel Merino has been doing exactly that with Sid Lowe in New Jersey …
Coming from the bench isn’t the ideal plan for any player, but when you join a national team that’s as strong as I and Lautaro have, you value every opportunity and try to help your team if you come on or if you don’t.
You focus on the present, embrace the situation, and think of yourself as the guy who can do it.
I have complete belief in myself, my ability: every time I come on to the pitch I think I can have impact.
In the final, I hope anyone [Spanish] is the hero.
The trophy belongs to all of you, not just the 11 on the pitch.
It’s important to have ego as a footballer.
With all the criticism from outside, you need it.
But you also need the humility.
Players come to the national team because they’re important [at their clubs] and find a new reality.
It is easy to talk about ‘family’ but when things don’t go well, when they’re difficult, is when you truly see that.
It’s thanks to Luis and the squad he assembled, focused on being a good human first and then being a good footballer.
That helps a lot when it comes to spending a lot of time together.
We know each other very well, we know when to joke, when to be silent; that’s the strength of the group.
That after 46, 47 days all together, we’re still …
Continue reading...Sources: The Guardian
