Uruguay’s Aggressive Approach Pushed Spain – Luis de la Fuente

Spain manager Luis de la Fuente has criticised Uruguay’s physical approach against his players during their World Cup clash. Recall that La Roja booked their place in the World Cup round of 32 as group winners with a hard-fought 1-0 victory over Uruguay at Estadio Guadalajara.

Questioning the use of VAR during the feisty clash, Luis de la Fuente simply revealed that he is hoping for better officiating in the knockout rounds.

The coach added that Uruguay’s aggressive approach pushed Spain to their limits throughout the game.

His words, “I still admire Marcelo Bielsa, matches are played by the footballers.

It was going to be a very demanding match, and we have to accept the circumstances. It’s not the most comfortable type of match, but that’s what referees are for. They pushed us to the limit, played extremely rough, and we rose to the occasion.

Every match is different. We certainly have other strengths and we admire other styles of play, but you have to win all kinds of matches.

Without playing brilliantly, we rose to the occasion. It was extremely demanding, and we maintained a high level of concentration, avoiding falling for many provocations.

Every day my players want to improve. In a match that was the complete opposite of the style of football we understand, they rose to the occasion. Refereeing is very difficult.

I understand that there are tools, like VAR, that should help. I hope to play normal matches from now on. I don’t want to get into trouble and say anything about the referees.

I’m very demanding of myself. We want to be better than we are now, but we’ve already played very well. We played fantastically for half an hour against Saudi Arabia. Today it was difficult to string together passes. That’s what we need to work on, moving the ball more quickly, with our usual pace.”

WOW.