Rodri: ‘France are one of the best teams here, in great form, but so are Spain. We can beat them’
Rodri: ‘France are one of the best teams here, in great form, but so are Spain. We can beat them’. The Spain captain on his team’s chances in the World Cup semi-final, analysing every game so far and how to get the best out of Lamine Yamal “I’m not that bad,” Rodri Hernández says.
The Spain captain on his team’s chances in the World Cup semi-final, analysing every game so far and how to get the best out of Lamine Yamal “I’m not that bad,” Rodri Hernández says. It’s the morning after the World Cup’s 100th game and in a conference room at the Cotton Bowl where old posters line the walls and Spain are about to start their penultimate training session before the 101st, their captain is doing the calculations.
Even with the six he’s played in and all the travel, from Atlanta to Guadalajara and Dallas to Los Angeles and back, 9,000 miles so far, he reckons he’s watched the “immense majority”. More than anyone else here, anyway.
“Some as a fan, teams we can’t face; others I analyse. But it’s not like I’m there with pen and paper,” he says.