Mikel Oyarzabal has only a short time left to play his first World Cup qualifier against Austria, and in an interview given to the newspaper El Mundo, this is revealed in an interview. … Wednesday was confident: “We are calm and confident that we can see this through.” The Real Sociedad captain also defended himself and his Spanish teammates due to the “little negativity” surrounding the press.
De la Fuente’s men, with Eibartarran the undisputed centre-forward, reached the round of 16 at the World Cup, leaving more doubts than certainties. The Rioja coach assured this Wednesday in a press conference before the match against Austria that “every day I am more optimistic”, a message that Oyarzabal shared in an interview: “This team will do everything possible to keep winning, to keep going through the rounds and for everyone to be in the same dynamic.”
However, 10’s Churi-urdin was candid about the football industry and admitted his distaste for the entire ecosystem that revolves around the sport itself: “Anything that surrounds football that is not related to the game of football, I don’t like.” To isolate himself from everything except competition, Oyarzabal admitted that fatherhood has given him well-being: “Since I had my son, everything has changed and my biggest priority now is him. So, well, I think being a father has also been good for me mentally,” he said.
Confidently go far
When asked again about Spain’s favouritism, the realistic striker looked back and remembered what happened in the EuroCup: “I think everything should be done naturally. Saying this or that, saying we are favorites or not, things will not change, and the result of the weekend or the result of the next game will not change.” So, normality.”
Oyarzabal is not afraid to be left “without a network” and emphasized the “good” results achieved by the Spanish team. “What could be better? This is obvious, but we see that it’s hard for everyone and we are there. Brazil was scared, and Germany even more,” he emphasized.