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Mon 28 November 2022 | 9:18

Spain manager, Enrique says Germany's draw was a 'fair' result

The competitive and intense match between Spain and Germany ended in a 1-1 draw on Sunday.

Spain

went ahead through Alvaro Morata early in the second half but substitute Niclas Füllkrug equalized for Germany in the 83rd minute.

Spain is on top of the group with four points and

Germany

is in the last place with just one point. Germany can advance from a mix of scenarios with the most ideal being a win over Costa Rica and a win by Spain against Japan.

After the game,

Luis Enrique

said he is happy with his team's situation in the group.

"In theory this was the group of death,"

he told La 1.

"If after the draw we'd been told that after the first two matches we'd be the leaders of the group and we depend only on ourselves, I would have signed for that."

In his post-match press conference, he said:

"A draw against Japan is enough, but we're not going to speculate.

"Yes, it's a pity, the result, but we have to be happy because we are leaders in this group of death.

"When the draw came out everyone was mesmerised by the quality, it was the group that drew gasps.

"This is such a short competition that wanting to speculate on a game makes no sense. We will look for the best option in terms of the starting 11.

"An all-or-nothing competition begins now. This is our reality now and our goal is to go through as first in the group.

"Germany has to think about beating Costa Rica, which is a great team. You can be sure that we are going play Japan to win."

Luis Enrique also said that his players are disappointed with the draw but admitted that Germany deserved to get a point from this match.

"Yes, that's the feeling I got from players, they're a bit disappointed,"

he continued.

"[But] we could have been defeated, too… [the draw] is fair I'd say.

"We could have won, we could have got a decisive goal. Maybe that play with [Marco] Asensio at 1-0, he took the shot, it would have been decisive but it went over.

"Germany is a football force. We can't rule them out for the winning the World Cup, but we put up a fight."


source: SportMob



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