One of the most stood out subjects of the press conference of Luis Enrique in the previous of the debut of The Red in Qatar was the decision to replace to José Gayà by injury. In Valencia ensure that it was to play in the debut. "Even yesterday...", ironizó Luis Enrique. "I have to take decisions. If it was by the heart, would follow here, but have to take them with head. It was an injury of 10-15 days and two parties could not them play. With the responsibility of the seleccionador of all the country, have to do the best for the team", insisted the trainer of the Spanish selection.
In this sense, the technician argued his decision. "The one of left side is the only position to which can not expect to anybody. There is not anybody that can adapt to what ask. If it was in another demarcation, the player would be summoned here. But they are two specific uncles". Equally the míster added: "I'm sorry in the soul, have to place in front the team to my feeling".
Gayá, once recovered, neither would have been able to recovered to be to the one hundred by one hundred, according to the information that handles Luis Enrique, "and have to take a decision by a country. It imagines that I do what want to the ones of Valencia (that it remained ) and lesiona Jordi Alba and begin the World-wide without left sides, what would have said", sentenced.
Luis Enrique insisted in that "what I want to and dictates me the heart is that Gayá play a World-wide, and the head dictates me what is what needs the team". And it gave the key of his decision: "it Is the only position in which I can not expect because we need a type of special player, that defend and attack, and had two specific uncles (Alba and Gayá), to which can not adapt any one" of which were in the concentration.
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From here that Luis Enrique summoned to Alejandro Balde by Gayá although this "is a phenomenon falls me of wonder and he knows it, has had very bad luck because even lesionó only in the training, but by the form as it twisted the ankle already saw ", concluded. The defender of the FC Barcelona will debut in a World-wide to his 19 years after surprising to the technical body of Xavi with his level during the pre-season.