Dani Vivian previews Spain's Euro24 final against England
Dani Vivian previews Spain's Euro24 final against England
11/07/2024
uefa24
Donaueschingen, Germany
11/07/2024
uefa24
Donaueschingen, Germany
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00:00I'd like to start with Harry Kane. What does he mean to you as a defender and how do you see him as a striker?
00:10He's one of the best strikers, if not the best.
00:16I think the English team has very determined players at the top
00:22who can do a lot of damage without having a very fluid game.
00:32But they have that ability to make those shots and we'll have to keep an eye on them.
00:42Hi Dani, I'm Anton Meana from La Cadena Ser.
00:44I'd like to know if you see yourself as a European champion.
00:47Do you feel more nervous after the semi-final?
00:49I don't know how you get up in the morning knowing that on Sunday you can be European champion.
00:55No, not at all.
00:59We feel like winners every day but we don't feel like winners of the European Cup.
01:04I think we have to go step by step, we have to prepare for the next game,
01:08as we have done every day, preparing each game like a final, which is what it has been.
01:13It has been a very hard journey and we can see ourselves working and doing what we have been doing
01:20in order to achieve what we all want.
01:24Hi, I'm David Alvarez from El País, how are you?
01:28Hi.
01:30I'd like to ask you about another striker, yours, Álvaro Morata,
01:34and about his defensive contribution and what you see from your position, from behind,
01:40what does Álvaro Morata do to defend the whole team?
01:48What does he contribute? How does that work? Thank you.
01:52Having Álvaro with us is a luck, a privilege.
01:57He is our captain and we can't be more grateful.
02:02I think his way of defending is the way he has to live,
02:10both day by day and everything he does for each one of us.
02:17You can't be more committed.
02:20He finishes almost every game in tears because he has so much responsibility,
02:27so much desire for everything to go well that I think he reflects that on the pitch.
02:33He is the first to defend and he is the striker.
02:37I think that says a lot about him and that speaks very well for the team,
02:43depending on how we have to do all the others.
02:46Hi Dani, Nico Menéndez for Televisión Española.
02:49I wanted to ask you, in the free time you have, in the room, thinking, resting,
02:54what specific moments of your life come to your mind
02:58just before playing your first European final, in this case against Spain?
03:07We try not to think too much about what it could be,
03:12but about what it is.
03:15The daily work, preparing for a final,
03:20and continuing with the work we are doing.
03:25In the end, when we are alone, when we are in our free time,
03:31what we try to do is to visualise ourselves,
03:39rest, which is also necessary,
03:41and be in a positive mindset to face what is coming.
03:46We look beyond what is the daily work and what we want to achieve.
03:56Hi Dani, here in front of you.
03:59Good morning, Edu Castelado from El Mundo.
04:01I wanted to ask you about the coach and how is his relationship with the players
04:06that you are participating less.
04:08I mean, those who play already have that award,
04:12but for those who are participating less,
04:14do you notice the special treatment from the coach?
04:19Thank you.
04:20Hi.
04:23What I see in the coaching staff is the respect for each other,
04:28and the respect for each one of us,
04:31trying to get the best out of each one.
04:33The coach has an exceptional relationship with each one of us,
04:38he is close, motivating,
04:42and I don't feel that I have a special treatment.
04:44I think that everyone has a tremendous esteem for us,
04:49and we feel very grateful to have it.
04:52Toribio.
04:53Hi Dani, Miguel Ángel Toribio, live from Radio Marca.
04:56I know that this doesn't guarantee anything before a final,
04:59but do you think that you are the best team in the tournament?
05:04Hi.
05:07Well, we don't do that kind of evaluation within the group.
05:15We believe in ourselves, and we have believed since the first day.
05:20I think that we have earned it,
05:22feeling supported, feeling loved,
05:28and above all, trusting ourselves.
05:31Joaquin.
05:32Good morning Dani, Joaquin Maroto, Adelaas.
05:35Look, I have here in front of me a piece of news from El Correo Español,
05:37from the Basque people, from El Correo,
05:39that says that Spain is on fire on TV.
05:42Almost 800,000 people watched La Roja's triumph in Euskadi,
05:46where it reached an average of 62.8% of the audience
05:52that was watching TV in the Basque country.
05:55What does this suggest to you?
05:57What does it make you think about?
06:00Well, I think it's normal.
06:02In the end, we are nine Basque players in the national team.
06:08I think that beyond any ideology that each of us may have,
06:14there is a passion for football, right?
06:20And also, I think that in the Basque country,
06:23good football is highly valued, and I think that we are doing it.
06:26I understand that this is the case in the data.
06:29How are you, Dani?
06:30Very good, Fernando Burgos Bordacero.
06:32You were 11 years old when Fernando Llorente,
06:35in the round of 16 of the World Cup in South Africa,
06:38came out in the same minute as you the other day, in the 13th.
06:41And thanks to him, we were able to win 1-0 against Portugal
06:44and get into the quarterfinals.
06:46The other day, it seemed to me that Dani Vivian was the Fernando Llorente of that day,
06:51because you had to stop all the Frenchmen who had come out of San,
06:55who were all offensive.
06:57I don't know if you remember that game,
06:59and what value do you give to the people who are not your usual starters
07:03if you come out in moments of maximum pressure and respond?
07:07That's what I've been saying.
07:09The feeling that we have as a group
07:12means that there are no substitutes, so to speak.
07:17We all feel supported, we all feel important,
07:23and we all feel that responsibility within the national team
07:27to make sure that everything goes well.
07:29In the end, what happened the other day
07:31is a succession of things, a succession of emotions that we all have,
07:35and we are all very committed to making sure that everything goes as it's going.
07:41Hi Dani, I'm Sid, from the English newspaper The Guardian.
07:44I wanted to follow up on what you said to David's question about Álvaro.
07:49I have the feeling, maybe I'm wrong,
07:51and that's why I'm asking,
07:52that you have a kind of shared leadership within the national team,
07:55which is not, let's say, the topic of a Macho Alfa, for example,
08:00which is a more shared group,
08:02I don't know if more modern, more calm.
08:06How do you define the leadership of that national team,
08:09and how is it managed?
08:12Well, in the end, we all work for the common good.
08:21Everyone has their own personality,
08:24and it's good that there are people who show their experience,
08:33others show their, how to say it,
08:40their innocence when it comes to letting go,
08:45making sure that everything is the way it has to be.
08:49I mean that everything follows an established pattern,
08:53that everything goes well.
08:55I think that everyone has their role,
08:58and we all assume it with all the importance.
09:03In the end, the important thing is always the group,
09:07and we all work for the group to do well.
09:12Jordi?
09:13Hi Dani, Jordi Gil from El Diario Sport.
09:15I wanted to ask you how you see this special connection,
09:19so magical even, that has been created between La Miña Amal and Nico Williams.
09:24How is it?
09:25How do you value it? How do you see it?
09:28Well, it's precisely that.
09:30Everyone knows how to enjoy themselves,
09:35how to feel comfortable.
09:38They feel great together,
09:40and they are giving us a lot of joy.
09:43They are two phenomena,
09:45and they have a great time together,
09:49and we are very happy that they get on like that.
09:52Javier?
09:53Hi David, Javier Cáceres from El Diario Alemán.
09:56I wanted to go back to the defensive structure of the Spanish national team.
10:00A few days ago I read an article in El País,
10:03in which it was said that Spain is the national team that defends the most away from their own goal.
10:08What challenge does that present for the central defenders,
10:11and to what extent does it hinder their work?
10:16I come from a club where we almost always take the initiative of the game,
10:22and we are, so to speak, exposed, but in the form of duels.
10:31I think the reason we play the game is also because we are able to defend those duels,
10:36and we feel comfortable with our style of play.
10:43In the end, it is true that we have been on the opponent's field for a long time,
10:49but you can see in all the games how we turn the ball around,
10:54the implication that the whole group has,
10:57and how we end up getting to the defensive phase.
11:04Hi Dani, Damián López from RAC1.
11:06I wanted to ask you about Lamín's goal,
11:09which you see from the bench in a position of privilege.
11:12I wanted to ask you how you saw it, how you experienced it,
11:16and how you felt that moment from the bench.
11:21He speaks very well of it, because I think it was our worst moment of the game.
11:30They had just scored a goal, and we all started working to reverse the situation.
11:37In the end, when we were at our worst, he scored an impressive goal,
11:41and from then on, I think the team grew a lot,
11:47and it was a key moment, without a doubt.
11:51Javier Ortiz from El Correo, how are you?
11:55I wanted to ask you about Nico.
11:57How do you think he is doing?
11:59He is doing a great tournament, he is one of the figures in the tournament.
12:02How do you see him experiencing this situation,
12:05this global importance that his participation in the tournament is gaining?
12:09And regarding his future, how do you see it?
12:11Will he stay with you in Atleti?
12:15I am sure that he is focused on the tournament,
12:20that's how he is showing it.
12:22I see him very calm, enjoying everything that he is achieving,
12:27and everything that we are achieving.
12:32I think that everything that is being generated from the outside,
12:35apart from the fact that it is not good for anyone,
12:38I think that he lives it calmly,
12:41he knows that he has the support of all his teammates,
12:44his family, his brother,
12:46and I see him very calm, very confident,
12:49and thinking only about Sunday's final.
12:53Luis Cobos from OK Diario, how are you, Dani?
12:55I wanted to ask you if you saw yesterday the match between England and Holland,
12:58and if you took a slap in the face for Watkins' goal at the end,
13:01if you were expecting another extra time,
13:03you would have been the third one,
13:05you would have arrived a bit more tired,
13:07and how are you physically compared to the English team?
13:13Well, an extra time would have been good,
13:15you never know,
13:17that's how things have been,
13:19and that's it,
13:21we have to see that on Sunday we play against them,
13:25and above all, focus on ourselves.
13:27How are we? We are phenomenal,
13:29we are full of enthusiasm,
13:31with all the desire in the world,
13:33and we want that moment to come,
13:35to win the match.
13:40Esteban from South Korea,
13:44you have been here in Donetsk for almost five weeks,
13:48and the base of the teams is always very important,
13:52especially when they win the title,
13:55for example Neustadt in Austria in 2008,
13:59how important is Donetsk and the field of ESO Aden for you?
14:08Well, every time we come back here,
14:11we say we have to go home,
14:13I mean, I think we have made our home here,
14:20so to speak, this month and a half,
14:23it has been phenomenal for us to have these facilities,
14:28where we are in the hotel,
14:32I think we can't be in a better place,
14:35we are all very happy,
14:37and the truth is that it has been,
14:39so to speak, like a retreat,
14:41very good to be able to prepare.
14:46Good morning, Sebas Guim from TV3,
14:49we have seen Lamin Yamal,
14:51as always, very happy,
14:54laughing almost all the time,
14:56with a lot of confidence, a lot of jokes,
14:58he is almost always like that,
15:00but at some point,
15:02I don't say the most veterans,
15:04but any of you is much older than him,
15:08do you ask him for a point of calm,
15:10like, kid, relax, or stay calm,
15:13lower a little bit of revolutions,
15:15or do you let him go?
15:18Look, Lamin has something very good,
15:22well, among many things,
15:24but he has something very good,
15:26which is, within the joker,
15:28he is calm,
15:30I think, as he plays,
15:32it is his way of being,
15:34and I think he is able to analyze,
15:36to enjoy the game,
15:38to know how to understand football,
15:40and just as he understands football,
15:42I think he is still 16 years old,
15:44he has to enjoy it,
15:46and he is the first one who knows
15:48where he is,
15:50and the responsibility he has.
15:54How are you Vivian? Ruben García, Antena 3.
15:56I would like to ask you
15:58if you have spoken in the dressing room,
16:00to win this Euro,
16:02we are going to have to defeat France,
16:04Germany, Italy,
16:06and now, Inter.
16:08Yes,
16:10I think that only motivates us,
16:14when the group stage ended,
16:16and we had to go this way,
16:18of course you visualize what you have to do
16:20to achieve it,
16:22but I tell you,
16:24it only motivated us even more
16:26the way we had to go,
16:28and we felt prepared to do it,
16:30and on Sunday,
16:32I hope we can finish
16:34doing what we visualize.
16:36Let's go to the last ones.
16:38Hi Dani, Nicolás Linnert here,
16:40from the German newspaper Bild.
16:42I would like to ask you about Lamin,
16:44who is one of the stars of the tournament,
16:46at 16 years old.
16:48I would like to know if you remember
16:50what you did at 16,
16:52and a bit about what
16:54your teammate said.
16:56How do you do
16:58to avoid the hype
17:00that has been created with him?
17:02Well,
17:04I think that
17:06you have to be realistic in life,
17:08try to adapt
17:10as soon as possible
17:12to the situation you have to live.
17:16And I think that
17:18among all of us,
17:20among the order,
17:22the responsibilities,
17:24he feels comfortable,
17:26and we all work
17:28to show
17:30the respect
17:32towards where we are
17:34and what we want to achieve.
17:37A question in English, please.
17:40In English?
17:42No?
17:44What do you want to ask?
17:46If you want me to say it in English.
17:48Ok, so the question is...
17:50I'll translate it for you, right?
17:52You're wearing the shirt
17:54from 1996, from the Eurocup
17:56that was played in England.
17:58What memories do you have of that tournament?
18:00And how do you see...
18:02Of course, few, I imagine, right?
18:04How do you see that tournament in Spain?
18:06Well, I can't tell you
18:08because I wasn't born there, so...
18:12So, I'm sure that
18:14with a lot of emotion,
18:16as football is always experienced in Spain.
18:18Roberto?
18:22None.
18:24Hello, good morning, Roberto Morales, Agencia F.
18:26The coach says a lot
18:28that we don't value ourselves,
18:30that we, the Spaniards, have to love ourselves more.
18:32I translate that to football
18:34and I look at the Ballon d'Or
18:36and I wonder why never
18:38a Spaniard, when we won the World Cup,
18:40was awarded, or now,
18:42among the favourites, we listen to Bellingham, Kane,
18:44that we're going to face them,
18:46Vinicius, we hear a lot of names,
18:48but nobody talks about Rodri
18:50or Carvajal, who has won the Champions League,
18:52or other teammates.
18:54Why does that happen?
18:56And who would you put, as a Spaniard,
18:58to fight for those individual titles?
19:00Well, I think
19:04that we always value
19:06a little more what comes from outside.
19:10But for me,
19:12Rodri, without a doubt,
19:14is the best player there is.
19:18I think because he doesn't have the campaign
19:20that other footballers might have,
19:22but I think he should have won it
19:24when he won the Champions League,
19:26scoring the goal in that game.
19:30Without a doubt, I think we should value
19:32what we have at home
19:34and give credit
19:36to the footballers
19:38who are doing so many good things.
19:40Among them, Rodri, Dani,
19:42well, all of them.
19:44Very good.
19:46If there are no more questions, we'll leave it there.
19:48Thank you all very much.