Rafa Mir, a great protagonist in the classification of the Spanish soccer team for the Tokyo 2020 semifinals, by achieving a goal in extremis that forced extra time and another two goals in this period, highlighted the importance of “getting plugged in” to help the team.
Mir avoided the defeat of Spain in regulation time with a goal in the 93rd minute, just after relieving Mikel Merino. “It is the importance of going out plugged in and if you have a minute you always have to take advantage of it, it is what they have taught me,” he said on Spanish Television at the foot of the field.
“We knew it was a demanding game, because they have great footballers, but we got the victory, which is what we all wanted,” said Rafa Mir, who was “very happy” for the team as a whole, in which in his opinion all summoned by Luis de la Fuente They have potential to play, both those who usually go out and the rest.
“We have a team to do something nice,” said the Spanish striker, who regarding which opponent he preferred in the semifinals indicated that the most important thing is the team itself. “We have to be calm, be ourselves and we can do great things,” he added.
Later, in the mixed zone salt he would be asked if after the triplet he sees himself in the starting eleven in the semifinals, after having been a substitute in the first four games of the Olympic Games, he said: “The boss is the boss, in the end those who play and those of us who are not prepared to do it, we have a great squad and it is a victory to have a good, very large wardrobe fund, many resources, I am very happy for the pass & rdquor ;.
Finally, he appreciated how he overcame the chances he had and could not put in in the 54 minutes he played until before the game against Ivory Coast: “I was looking for him, it is true that I was not having all the time necessary, but the goal is something that I have always had and in the end it has come with calm and work. But above all with all these colleagues, who are very good, “he declared.