MADRID, June 12 (Xinhua) — Athletic Club Bilbao goalkeeper Unai Simon stated on Monday that it’s not his determination whether or not he returns in aim for Spain’s UEFA Nations League semi-final in opposition to Italy on Thursday.
The participant, who celebrated his twenty sixth birthday on Sunday, has performed 31 occasions for Spain and was first selection within the World Cup finals, nonetheless, harm sidelined him for brand new Spain coach, Luis de la Fuente’s first two video games in cost, with Chelsea’s former Athletic Club keeper, Kepa Arrizabalaga referred to as again to exchange him.
Despite Spain’s defeat in Scotland, Kepa performed effectively, and one of many questions forward of Thursday is whether or not he’ll preserve his place, or if Simon will return.
“There are always doubts about who is going to play. It’s not something that worries me,” he stated in a press convention on Monday.
“If I don’t play the next game, then I’ll train harder, so I can play next time: football is like that: the debates are generated in the press, but we don’t worry about them,” he added.
Simon defined that though he had been a daily starter when match, that didn’t assure him a spot now.
“It is a situation that does not depend on me. So far, I’ve been playing, but I will respect the coach’s (De la Fuente) decision. It’s not for me to say whether or not I deserve to start,” he commented.
Defeat to Scotland has already put De la Fuente underneath stress, however Simon, who has labored with the coach at Under-21 stage and on the Tokyo Olympic Games, stated he has religion in his management.
“I think he has grown as a coach. We could all see at the Olympics that he was prepared to coach the national team, and from all I have seen, he gives us what we need and confidence,” he concluded.