FRANCE 98 – Spain – J. Clemente: “We're not out of the running yet!”

“We’re not out of the running yet!…We still have a good chance of making it to the last 16 and we will give it our all straight through to the finish. Up until now, Lady Luck hasn’t really been on our side, but we will fight hard to turn things around. It’s true that now we’re also relying on the result of the match between NIGERIA and PARAGUAY. But for us the main thing is to play a good match against BULGARIA, a team we know well…(Wednesday 24 June at LENS). The Paraguayans, on the other hand, will have to change their strategy against the Nigerians, a draw won’t be enough, they need to open up their game and not just play their defence. We have been told that this group is a killer, I’d say instead that it’s a group that can knock you off your feet. But we aren’t going to cry about it, we need to keep our strength so we can fight. As long as there is life, there is hope and I know I can count on my players to react at the right moment.”