Inaki Saez
Inaki Saez
José Ignacio "Iñaki" Sáez Ruizis a Spanish retired football defender and manager...
tournament
You don't give anything away in a tournament like this,
expected level match third
In the third match (against Portugal), we didn't play at the level which was expected of us.
goes greece mistake simply throughout
Our mistake was in not scoring. But not just tonight, throughout the whole tournament, ... Greece goes through simply because it scored more goals.
bad cold main perhaps pitch poor problem time weather
It's a bad time to be going up to Norway. The main problem for us will be the cold weather and perhaps the pitch will be in a poor state.
needed win
I have to congratulate the Portuguese. They needed to win and they did. They did what they had to do,
decision logically
Now I have to take a decision and logically that decision is going to be to continue.
man
So I have put another man in at the back.
assistant coaches debate public reveal team
So I'm going to reveal something to you. As there is a public debate, I had one too with my assistant coaches and we have decided, for the first time, that we will not reveal the lineup of the team before the match.
aim central defenders experience final reach receive short
My experience of international tournaments is that central defenders always receive the most punishment, and in the final -- which is what we aim to reach -- you are always short of defenders,
good result
Anything could have happened, but this result is not good for us,
ball change deal defenders pass places quickly
We have to pass the ball quickly and make their defenders change places to deal with us. That will be uncomfortable for them.
cost error game half second within
We had the game within our grasp. We made our only error in the second half and it cost us.
center errors middle period risked shots
We made errors in the middle period of the game. We risked too little, our center shots didn't go where they should have.
nature prefer team tries
We've always been a team which, by it's very nature, never tries to draw. I prefer another style, our style, which is to always try to win.