Borja Iglesias: “People do the math very quickly and the reality is that Belgium has a ‘great team'”

The forward of the Spanish team Borja Iglesias warns that Belgium, the rival this Friday in the quarterfinals of the World Cup between the United States, Mexico and Canada, “has a ‘great team'” and that in a tournament like this every team “has the capacity to hurt you,” which is why he asked not to do “accounts too quickly” about moving to the semifinals.

“People do the math very quickly and the reality is that Belgium has a ‘great team’. I think that if we analyze their squad there is a lot of talent, a lot of ability to have the ball, to generate chances and many variants in their attack. They are also a very aggressive team when they lose the ball,” Iglesias told the media before training this Thursday.

The ‘Panda’ recalled that there will be “a great goalkeeper” like Thibaut Courtous and that “we have to analyze the game a lot and give it the importance it has.” “You have to give value that it has every time you win, that sometimes it seems that if you win a lot it seems that it is easier and the reality is that winning every day is super complicated,” he stressed.

“It will be a complicated game, with alternatives for sure during the time we are on the field, but with a lot of enthusiasm and a great desire to play it,” said the scorer, who stressed that they try not to think about being “favorites.” “In a World Cup, really, all the teams have the capacity to hurt you, you also them and the reality is that we think about giving our best version so far, trying, if possible, to be even more protagonists, do more damage and concede less,” he added.

However, he knows that “later it will be very different because in front there is always a team with a lot of talent and a great desire to win.” “We know that we have a great team, that we have capacity, but we also know that they are and I think we have to be aware of that,” he insisted.

Regarding his debut in the event, with a few minutes against Portugal already in added time, he acknowledged that “it was a nice day.” “For the victory above all. On a personal level, being able to make my debut in a World Cup and leave my name written there is something special. It is true that it was ‘short’, but we also have to give it value due to the fact of which team, so it is difficult to do it here. I feel very happy about it,” he said.

“We all think and live it in the same way and the celebration the other day shows the connection of all the players even though they have played less or more. We are all here for the same reason, to fight for a common goal and the truth is that it is a pleasure to be in that group,” he added about the unity of the squad, although there are players who have not yet been able to make their debut.

The Galician footballer admits that one is always “looking forward to entering to see if you catch a ball and see if you are able to help in a moment of pressure.” “You try to analyze and think about situations in the game in which you can help in case you have to go out,” remarked the RC Celta footballer.

He explained that those who are playing more in the ‘Roja’ “have a lot of talent.” “And those who don’t, too,” highlighted the forward who visualizes “every day, part out of enthusiasm and part out of preparation” having a role similar to that of Fernando Llorente in 2010. “It’s important to think about it and it’s important to add. The group here is so strong and so united in that sense that I think we all visualize the others at any moment that may happen. I hope that one day it happens and if not, that it happens to someone else and it will be celebrated the same,” he said.