Dani Carvajal: "We will give everything for the Spanish fans who come to the stadium and for those following at home".
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"Everyone who likes football wants to see this game". With the assertiveness that characterises him, Dani Carvajal appeared at a press conference on Thursday before facing the challenge of the quarter-finals of the European Championship against the hosts.
🗣️ @DaniCarvajal92, jugador internacional: "Tengo unas sensaciones muy buenas. Estoy muy tranquilo tras el entrenamiento de hoy".
— Selección Española Masculina de Fútbol (@SEFutbol) July 4, 2024
➡️ "Tenemos un grandísimo rival y tendremos que hacer las cosas bien para ganar. Veo a los compañeros con mucha energía".#VamosEspaña | #EURO2024 pic.twitter.com/0ACc1NMfMR
For the player from Leganes, "Germany have world-class players and are very similar to us in terms of the characteristics of their players", so he expects a very even match in Stuttgart, during which "the finer details will be the decisive factors", in a duel in which "there is mutual respect between the two teams".
🗣️ @DaniCarvajal92: "Creo que hay mucho respeto entre España y Alemania. Hay buen ambiente y así se verá en el campo".
— Selección Española Masculina de Fútbol (@SEFutbol) July 4, 2024
➡️ "Todo el mundo a quien le guste el fútbol está deseando ver el partido de mañana y espero que caiga de nuestro lado".#VamosEspaña | #EURO2024 pic.twitter.com/eQ65uTg8zK
A year ago, Carvajal's penalty in the UEFA Nations League final shootout gave Spain the title and the full-back still believes that "with confidence and energy any player at this level is capable of converting a penalty", so he could repeat the feat this Friday if it comes to fruition against the Germans.
🗣️ @DaniCarvajal92: "En partidos de este calibre tienes que saber sufrir cuando el rival está mejor e intentar imponerte cuando llevas tú la batuta".
— Selección Española Masculina de Fútbol (@SEFutbol) July 4, 2024
➡️ "Tenemos que aprovechar nuestras oportunidades y conceder lo menos posible".#VamosEspaña | #EURO2024 pic.twitter.com/66vJ2446fl
Germany will be playing at home, but that doesn't worry the Spaniard, because "although a very heated atmosphere is expected, there will be a lot of Spanish fans coming and for them and for those at home we will give everything to win".
🗣️ @DaniCarvajal92, jugador internacional: "Alemania tiene jugadores de talla mundial si miras hombre por hombre".
— Selección Española Masculina de Fútbol (@SEFutbol) July 4, 2024
➡️ "Tienen extremos rápidos, centrales contundentes y potencia arriba. Creo que es un equipo con características similares al nuestro".#VamosEspaña | #EURO2024 pic.twitter.com/ihL0HCXWa6
Dominating the various phases of the match will be key for Carvajal, where "you have to know how to suffer while the opposition are better and impose yourself when the game goes your way. You have to know how to take your chances".
The atmosphere in the team couldn't be better in Dani's opinion, we have "a very good feeling with the teammates who are calm, confident and energetic, although we always face every game with a lot of humility and what we don't know how not to leave it all out there on the pitch", he concluded.