The Spanish national nutritionist joined journalists in front of the fight against Cape Verde.

The venerable champions of Europe, teamed up with Spain, will approach the start of the World Championships as one of the absolute favorites. On Monday in Atlanta, the Furia Roja will highlight its progress in Group H with a match against the absolute debutant of the World Cup - the Cape Verdean team. The protean intelligence of the Spaniards is not going to underestimate their opponent.

Spain national team player Mikel Merino stated that the team cannot afford to relax. The main signal for caution was the unconvinced results of the first days of the tournament: the defeat of Turkey against Australia (0:2) in group D, as well as the draw of the main favorites of the tournament, the Brazilians, in the match against Morocco (1:1) in group C.

“It’s important to focus on ourselves and what we need to do well.”. Our responsibilities are presented seriously, in a good mood. It’s important to correctly announce the tournament, although the start doesn’t necessarily mean the whole road ahead,” Merino said at the hour of a week-long meeting with journalists after the rest of the team’s training.

Merino also guessed that the first matches are always important. The history of the national team of Spain miraculously confirms: in the emergency situation of 2010, the Spanish started sensationally by defeating Switzerland (0:1), the same as in the last tournament in 2022.

" We have a great price on the application of other teams. Our values \u200b\u200bare high, because we know what we are built on, and we also stand firmly on the ground,” adding the gravel.

As long as there are no more appearances at the World Championships, Cape Verde is going to approach the tournament in amazing conditions. Last month, this team gained respect by defeating the Serbian national team with a score of 3:0 in a friendly match.

“I don’t have mercy on this team, because it’s in really good shape,” commenting on the team’s rival Merino. — They won games against strong teams. In such tournaments you can’t relax against anyone. Cape Verde is good at playing power football and is very funny."

Mikel Merino himself came up to the tournament as one of the key leaders of the attack: in six matches he scored six goals. London Arsenal's Mikel Arteta often plays him in the position of central striker, but national team Luis de la Fuente has slightly different plans..

“I don’t train (as an attacker) without a center, but I often trip myself up in such situations, go into the penalty area and work hard to prepare until the attack is completed,” Merino explained his role with the team.

It seems that Spain has reached group H, playing against Cape Verde, Saudi Arabia and Uruguay..