FRANCE 98 – Spain-Nigeria – Luis Enrique: “The Nigerians just took advantage of our mistakes”

Spain-Nigeria – Luis Enrique: “The Nigerians just took advantage of our mistakes”

13.06.98 17h46 CET

Alberto CELADES (16):

“This has come as a great shock for us. Only we can’t control everything. But we won’t dwell on that; and we’ll look towards the future. We are aware of our potential. Past experience has shown that this kind of bad luck has struck the best teams. We’re going to bounce back”.

Luis ENRIQUE (21):

“The Nigerians just took advantage of our mistakes. I’m convinced they’re not better than us”.

Miguel NADAL (20)

“The Nigerian team’s victory is due to greater realism. In the second half, we were too defensive. Losing this first match puts us in a difficult situation but we’re going to keep on working to get one of the first two places in the group”.

Ivan CAMPO (14)

“We could not manage to lift the level of our game when NIGERIA took the lead. Luck wasn’t on our side and NIGERIA put a lot pressure on us in the second half, it was just impossible to catch up. The two opportunities we missed at the start of the match finally cost us dearly”.