LOS ANGELES.- He hasn’t played since the first game, but he has license to imagine. “A goal from a bicycle kick against (Lionel) Messi in the final,” revealed the Spanish midfielder Gavi what do you dream about in the Worldthis Thursday on the eve of playing the quarterfinals against Belgium in Los Angeles.
“They are dreams, I hope they come true…” he added to the laughter of the journalists.
The midfielder of Barcelona appeared in the mixed zone before the last training session at the facilities of the Los Angeles Galaxy.
Starter in the dull debut against Cape Verde (0-0), Gavi lost his place in the eleven against Alex Baenaentrenched in a Spanish team that is going from less to more in this World Cup.
“The most important thing is the group. Being together. Since the coach debuted in the senior team (2023) it is almost the same group. We won the League of Nations, Euro Cupwe reached the final of the Nations League and the quarterfinals of the World Cup,” Gavi listed.
The midfielder analyzed Belgium, Friday’s rival in the SoFi Stadium.
“This is a match to the death. So the important thing is that we are all together, all united and we will surely do well in these matches,” he said.
“In the end people maybe think that Belgium is going to be an easier rival than Portugal (the round of 16 opponent), but I don’t believe it. It’s going to be equally or more difficult and I hope that the team is psyched up, that things are clear and I’m sure we’ll do well,” he continued.
Regarding which players of the “Red Devils” stand out, Gavi mentioned the forward of the Manchester City, Jeremy Dokuand the goalkeeper of the real Madrid, Thibaut Courtois.
“I think the star today is Doku, who is the one in the best shape, but they have a great team, otherwise they wouldn’t be in the quarterfinals,” he said.
“Courtois is one of the best in history, he is very good, very tall too. And well, let’s hope to have many opportunities to try to score as many as possible, because in the end we know that he goes a long way and is very good,” he added.
“Lamine at 70% is still the best”
About the Spanish star Lamine YamalGavi stressed that “70% is still the best.”
“He is the most decisive, the most unbalancing. And well, maybe he hasn’t contributed goals, but he contributes all the attack, it’s incredible,” he said.
Gavi also referred to his role in the concentration after having lost prominence on the field.
“I’m very intense. I don’t stand still. I’m very heavy, but I live it like that. I will always contribute that bit when the team needs me, whether I play or not,” he said.
Finally he referred to the differences between the current Spain and the one that fell in the round of 16 of the last World Cup against Morocco in prisons.
“I think that now, perhaps, we are more decisive, perhaps when it comes to playing, we look for the goal a lot, there are individual players who can score a goal at any moment and in the end today that contributes a lot to the team,” he said, choosing Morocco, which plays against France this Thursday, as a rival in a potential semifinal.
