FIFA World Cup: Spain may be higher ready for subsequent World Cup, says 2010 profitable captain Iker Casillas

2010 FIFA World Cup profitable captain Iker Casillas has backed Spain to reach the 2026 World Cup in USA, Canada and Mexico. La Furia Roja have been knocked out of the Qatar World Cup after shedding in opposition to Morocco within the spherical of 16 stage. 

New Delhi,UPDATED: Dec 12, 2022 18:50 IST

Casillas backs Spain to reach the following World Cup (AP)

By India Today Web Desk: 2010 FIFA World Cup profitable captain Iker Casillas has backed Spain to reach the 2026 World Cup in USA, Canada and Mexico. La Furia Roja have been knocked out of the Qatar World Cup after shedding in opposition to Morocco within the spherical of 16 stage.

Speaking on the reveal of the official match ball for 2022 FIFA World Cup semi-finals and last, Casillas mentioned Spain’s younger staff will likely be higher ready for the following World Cup.

“Yes, for us (Spain) it has been a disappointment to lose in the Round of 16 at this World Cup. We have a young team. We have a team that can better prepare for the next World Cup in three-and-a-half years’ time (in 2026 in the United States, Canada and Mexico),” mentioned Casillas.

Spain began their 2022 World Cup marketing campaign with model, hammering Costa Rica 7-0. They have been then held to a 1-1 draw in opposition to 2014 champions Germany, earlier than shedding 2-1 in opposition to Japan of their last group-stage match. However, they managed to complete second in Group E and qualify for the knockout phases of the match.

In the spherical of 16, they have been held to a goalless draw by Morocco after enjoying 120 minutes of soccer. The match then went to a penalty shootout, the place Spain misplaced 3-0.

Pablo Sarabia, Carlos Soler and Sergio Busquets missed penalties in opposition to Morocco within the shootout, only a day after coach Luis Enrique had mentioned that Spain gamers had been given the homework to shoot 1000 penalties.

The Spanish soccer federation introduced that that they had parted methods with Enrique after their World Cup exit and appointed Luis de la Fuente as the brand new supervisor of the nationwide staff.

“The RFEF has chosen Luis de la Fuente as the new (Spain) coach. The RFEF has delivered to the president a report in which it determined that a new project should start for the Spain national team, with the aim of continuing the growth achieved in recent years thanks to the work carried out by Luis Enrique (and the staff),” RFEF mentioned in a press release.

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Rounaq Sehrawat

Published On:

Dec 12, 2022