Luis Enrique: "When you lose there is nothing to celebrate"

"Japan has surpassed us by five minutes, even this slap is good because this is a World Cup," warned the national coach

MADRID, 1 Dic. (EUROPA PRESS) -

The national soccer coach, Luis Enrique Martínez, affirmed that when Spain loses "it cannot be satisfied" and "there is nothing to celebrate", after the defeat (2-1) against Japan in the third and last day of Group E of the Qatar 2022 World Cup, and despite qualifying for the round of 16 against Morocco.

"In five minutes they have turned the game around. Japan have passed over us. They have closed in behind and we have not been able to. We will have time to analyze it, but when you lose there is nothing to celebrate," said the saddened national coach for the setback against the Japanese team.

Instead, the national coach stressed that Spain is classified thanks to the first two games and the win against Costa Rica. "Even this slap is good because this is a World Cup. I would have liked to beat Japan and go first in the group, but those five minutes have served them. They have shot three times and, in this, football is sometimes strange and unfair ", he indicated.

Luis Enrique explained that he warned his players that the game was going to change at the start of the second half. "The game has gone crazy. They scored two goals for us and, if they had needed it, they would have scored three. The rest of the game the team was fine, we didn't go out to speculate and in the end we couldn't win," he said.

Despite getting through to the round of 16, the coach was critical. "If you concede two goals in five minutes, I can't be satisfied. It's a game that is far from what I would like. The only merit is that we scored a win and we're classified," he insisted on the 7-0 defeat of Costa Rica, which has I validate the classification for the crossing.