Euro 2004: Group A by the eyes of the Spaniards

The mentor of the Spanish national team Injaca SaES is cautioning to the Russian team, with which his wards will meet on the first day of the European Football Championship - June 12 in the Portuguese headlight.

Russia for SAES is the least familiar partner, and also Russian football players are in good physical shape, since their championship does not coincide in terms of Spanish. The Spanish coach believes that its composition has not yet finished completely, ITAR-TASS reports the weak point of the Russian team.

“The first meeting at the championship is very important, because the moral mood of the team depends on it,” SaES noted in an interview with reporters. “When going to a tournament of this level, football players always experience uncertainty, so the first victory makes it possible to successfully play all the qualifying matches.”

Speaking aboutthe Greece national team , which is also part of Group A at the preliminary stage of Euro 2004, Ingaki SAES compared her game with the one that Porto demonstrated , which won the Champions League. "The defense of the Greeks is usually very strong, it is difficult for them to score a goal. Therefore, I was surprised by the result of their meeting with the Netherlands team when they missed four goals at once."

And finally, the last team from group A is the Portuguese team . “In addition to the fact that the Portuguese will play at home and they have many beautiful football players, we must not forget that there are many players from the Porto among them, which will inevitably increase their mood,” Saes is sure.

As part of the Spanish national team, the coach still distinguishes the striker of the Madrid Real Madrid Raul Gonzalez. "He is very ambitious, aimed at success in the national team and will surely give up one hundred percent." At the same time, the SAES recalled that, despite his youth, the 26-year-old Raul has already defended the colors of the national team 71 times, scoring 38 goals.