'Don't pass the buck to us' - De la Fuente hits out at suggestions to rest players - video Dailymotion

Luis de la Fuente doesn't feel like the responsibility to rest players should lie with international managers.

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00:00I said that the matches of the national team are one match a month for the player.

00:05And look how easy I'm going to put it to you.

00:07And if you want, we'll leave it.

00:08But I'm going to make it clear now so that if there is any doubt, it is clarified.

00:13Last year we played 17 international matches.

00:17Why? Because we were lucky.

00:20And I think that all Spaniards and all football fans in Spain were happy that we reached the final of the European Championship,

00:26as they would like us to reach the final of the World Cup, if God wants.

00:29That's why we played 17 matches.

00:31But this year, we're going to play 10.

00:33In two years, there will be 27 matches.

00:36Between 24 months and one match a month.

00:39Because not everyone is going to play all 27 matches.

00:41Let's stop going back and forth.

00:45Do you think they play one match a month with the national team?

00:48On average.

00:49Some don't even do that.

00:51So let's stop worrying about the loss.

00:54And that's it.

00:55The problem is probably another one.

00:57Let them feel it and see it.

00:59And that's it.

01:00But let the ball not pass to us.

01:02We have a lot of things to do.