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After the very important 3-2 victory in the Spanish championship match against one of the main competitors for the title, "Sevilla," Madrid strategist Fabio Capello had nothing but praise for his players.
"The players played excellently," the Italian said after the match. "Sevilla is a great team, very strong physically, very good technically, very difficult to beat. However, we demonstrated high-quality play, a strong desire to win, team spirit, which was very important. I have said before that there is a good spirit in the team again, and today you saw it for yourselves."
The Italian coach stated that although he was satisfied with his players' performance in the first half, in the second half his team "played simply amazingly, impressively, with quality, at a high tempo and with great enthusiasm."
F. Capello praised his substitution in the middle of the second half, when he brought in Guti instead of the captain Raul, who, by the way, also took over the captain's armband. At that time, "Real" was trailing 0-1 after a fantastic goal by Enzo Marescos, but Guti contributed to all three goals of the Madrid team. "Guti, in the last three matches, coming onto the field as a substitute, changed the course of the game," the Italian stated. "He can play at any time, there is no question about what level of player he is."
The strategist also said he was pleased with his decision to move the Brazilian Cicinho, who usually plays on the right side of defense, to the left side, replacing him with Sergio Ramos.
"Now every match is a final," stated the Italian at the end of the conference. "I am thinking only about the next match against 'Espanyol.' It will not be an easy game."
