Spain attacker Dani Olmo previews Euro24 final against England
12/07/2024
UEFA24
Donaueschingen,Germany
12/07/2024
UEFA24
Donaueschingen,Germany
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00:00Hello Dani, Jordi Gil from El Diario Sport, good morning.
00:04I wanted to ask you, so far you have been doing very well, playing in a way, with a very spectacular football at some moments.
00:10In a final, that may change to try to be more effective or the idea is to maintain how you have played so far?
00:16Good morning, it is working because we have to change, right?
00:20I think we are demonstrating a unique and personalized idea of the game, unique of the national team.
00:28So, we are doing well, we have our weapons, it is clear that we always have to do different things and new things,
00:35because, as the coach says, you can always improve, but we are preparing in the same way as always in the final game.
00:43Good morning Dani, Miguel Ángel Díaz from the Coppe chain.
00:47It is clear that the collective success is always above the individual, but I don't know if for you a challenge, a special motivation,
00:53I think that nobody, no player, has scored in the round of 16, quarter-finals, semi-finals or final.
00:58You only have Sunday to build the full.
01:02Look, an extra motivation, if it still fits, but well, as long as we win, I don't care if I score,
01:11that Unai and Simon, I mean, I don't care at all.
01:15The important thing is to win the game, but well, always with that goal of continuing to add.
01:22Here, Dani, Luis Mora from Desmarque. Congratulations for being in the final, first of all, of course.
01:27There is a very important issue for the fans and that is the tickets.
01:30I don't know if you have asked for a lot of tickets.
01:32And then there is a very significant fact and that is that there will be 11,000 Spaniards against 50,000 English.
01:37What do you think about this?
01:39Well, I didn't know that there would be 11,000 Spaniards, but well, there will be 11,000 Spaniards in the stadium
01:46and 48 million in Spain, also supporting us.
01:49So, there is no problem. We know the support that is coming during the whole Eurocup.
01:55So, that is something that also motivates us even more, if it fits, and in the end, it is a final.
02:02We will go for everything.
02:03And the issue of tickets, well, the truth is that, I don't know, we have relatives who have been coming to all the games.
02:10So, at the moment, I haven't heard of any problem either.
02:14Hi Dani, I am Antoineta de la Cadena Ser.
02:16Continuing with Luis' question, does it motivate you to play in an environment like this?
02:19For example, you scored against Germany in a field that was full of Germans.
02:23I don't know if it motivates you to play in a slightly hostile environment.
02:28Well, hostile?
02:29Let's see.
02:30In Germany, it is true that there were the hosts, perhaps there were more people,
02:34but we felt the Spanish fans very, very close.
02:38Always in that game too.
02:40Then, after the victory, we were able to celebrate there with everyone,
02:43and apparently there were more than we thought.
02:46In the end, there is a great group of our fans that have come to support us,
02:53and I am sure that in the final there will also be fans.
02:55So, there is no problem in that sense.
02:59Hi Dani, I am Miquel Ángel Lara de Marca.
03:01I wanted to ask you about a rival that you have played against this year, Harry Kane,
03:04and that supposed gaffe that he has with the titles.
03:06If he was in Germany, people also talk about that.
03:08Thank you.
03:10Well, it is true, but it is not something that worries us or that we think about.
03:15We are focused on what is ours.
03:17We have the opportunity to win the European Championship 12 years later,
03:22so that is our goal.
03:25Good morning Dani, Joaquim Maroto de Las.
03:29Playing much less than Harry Kane, only you or him can win the title of top scorer,
03:37even if you score in the final.
03:39How do you feel about seeing yourself in the numbers of a scorer like Harry Kane,
03:44in a tournament like the European Championship?
03:46Playing less?
03:48Not good.
03:49I felt very good in that tournament, in a great moment,
03:54so we have to keep taking advantage of it.
03:56It is true that we are tied,
03:58but there are also players who have helped us to get there,
04:01with goals, with play.
04:03Speaking of goals, Fabian has two goals,
04:06Álvaro has one, scoring a hat-trick would be him.
04:09We would all be just as happy.
04:12In the end, as I said before, the most important thing is the victory,
04:16no matter who scores.
04:17In the end, the collective is always the main thing.
04:20Fernando.
04:21How are you Dani?
04:22Fernando Burgos, Montecero.
04:24It is often said that to win a great tournament, you have to beat the best.
04:29But never in history, to win a European Championship,
04:33you have beaten four world champions from the Old Continent.
04:37Italy, Germany, France and you have England left.
04:41Is it a motivation?
04:42Do you talk about it in there?
04:44Can we beat all the best?
04:46No one can tell us anything.
04:50In the end, yes, it has not been an easy road,
04:53but you are right.
04:56To win a competition like this, like the European Championship,
05:00you have to beat the best.
05:01We have had a difficult journey,
05:03against Germany at home, France without finals,
05:05now England, but there is no excuse.
05:08We are one step away.
05:10I think the game we are demonstrating and playing is exemplary.
05:15We will continue with the same idea and the same motivation.
05:18And we will go for it.
05:20Sebas.
05:21Hi Dani, here on your left, Sebas Guim from TV3.
05:24I would like to know what you think of your current situation,
05:2926 years old, at the foot of a European Cup final,
05:32with the protagonism you are having,
05:34with the three goals you score,
05:36you are like a little boy.
05:38Does this game come at the best time of your life as a footballer?
05:41Thank you.
05:42Yes, it could be.
05:44I personally feel very well, very prepared,
05:48both physically and mentally.
05:51We have a unique opportunity ahead of us.
05:55We know it.
05:57It is a game of glory, as they say.
06:00We are super motivated to get there.
06:05Hi Dani, good morning.
06:07Jose Carlos Carabias from ABC.
06:09It gives you a certain vertigo to think
06:11that you can win the seven games of the European Cup.
06:14I don't know if anyone has ever achieved it.
06:16But beyond that, that you can win the title and so on,
06:20don't you have any expectations of a future team
06:24with so many young people, so much young talent?
06:27Do you think of anything else apart from this final,
06:30or just the final?
06:31Not at all.
06:32We think only and exclusively of the final.
06:37At 90 minutes, I have repeated it in Catalan,
06:40I will repeat it in Spanish,
06:4290 minutes of glory,
06:44of being able to win a European Cup 12 years later.
06:48So our motivation is maximum.
06:50We don't think of anything else.
06:52Hi Dani.
06:53Luis Copara, OK Diario.
06:54They say that Jutt Bellingham is physically exhausted.
06:57I don't know if you believe it or not.
06:59And if you believe it, how does Jutt stand?
07:02Well, physically exhausted is a final.
07:05I don't think he will play because he is physically tired.
07:10Jutt is an important player for England.
07:13He has shown it in this championship.
07:16So he will be a player to take into account, like others.
07:19Nico.
07:20Hi Dani, how are you?
07:21Nico Menéndez for Televisión Española.
07:23I wanted to ask you if after your matches in this European Cup,
07:27you notice that you are valued more abroad,
07:29and especially in Spain.
07:30Thank you.
07:32Let's see.
07:34I don't notice it either.
07:36I feel good.
07:37What matters to me is that I go in,
07:40and that the team wins.
07:42The recognition comes on its own.
07:45In the end, if we win, we all win.
07:48Personally, I am in a state where I feel very good physically,
07:53and I am 100% prepared to face this final.
07:57So, as I said, let's go and win.
07:59That's it.
08:01Hi Dani, is English okay?
08:02Yeah.
08:03Thank you.
08:04Adam Patel, Daily Mail.
08:05Given Spain's run to the final,
08:07you've obviously played a few tough sides.
08:09Do you think the two best sides have reached the final?
08:12Yeah, well, England have shown so far
08:15that they can come back from the games,
08:18even starting losing this last game in the semi-finals.
08:23Also, I think in the quarter-finals,
08:25when Billingham scored the bicycle kick as well in the last minute.
08:28So, it's a team that never gives up.
08:30That's for sure.
08:31We have to be focused all the game.
08:35It doesn't matter if we are down or up.
08:38We just have to keep our focus,
08:40keep playing our game, our things,
08:42and just give our best the 90, 120 minutes, the whole game.
08:48Hi Dani, Nicolás Lehner from the German daily Bild.
08:51In this European Cup, you are demonstrating
08:53that you are at the level of the biggest clubs in Europe.
08:56I wanted to ask you if after this tournament,
08:59in your opinion, it could be the right time
09:02to take that leap to the European elite
09:05in terms of clubs.
09:06To sign for a big one in Europe.
09:08And until when do you want to have
09:10the decision about your future taken?
09:12We'll see.
09:13I don't want to talk about the future right now.
09:18We have a final ahead of us.
09:20Those things are being taken by people I trust.
09:24So, in that sense, I'm just focused on Sunday's game,
09:27on the final and on winning.
09:29Roberto.
09:31Hi Dani, Roberto Morales, Agencia F.
09:33There are moments that make history,
09:35that make you legends.
09:37Marcelino did it with the first European Cup,
09:39then Fernando Torres,
09:40then the triumph of everyone,
09:42that historic 4-0 in the final against Italy.
09:45I imagine it will be a great illusion
09:48to score the goal of the final,
09:50but I don't know if you see that if someone deserves it,
09:52outside of your case,
09:54thinking more about another teammate,
09:56it would be Álvaro Morata because of the European Cup he has gone through,
09:59because he is even thinking about leaving the national team
10:01and because of what he has done as a captain.
10:03Would you like him to be the heir of such an important goal?
10:07Álvaro deserves all the best,
10:10always, for the person he is,
10:13for the teammate,
10:15for the player,
10:17and for being the captain of this team.
10:22He is a very important player for us.
10:25Personally, I would be very happy
10:27if he scored,
10:29but Álvaro is a player who works a lot for the team
10:36and gives us a lot.
10:38In the sense of scoring or not,
10:40I think he will tell you.
10:42The joy is the same.
10:44How are you, Dani?
10:45Miguel Ángel Toribio, live for Radio Marca.
10:47I ask you about England,
10:49apart from the fact that they have a lot of football potential,
10:52if you are more afraid that they will lose a final,
10:55because it is said that before winning you have to lose,
10:58and because they have come to this final
11:00suffering a lot,
11:02it seemed that they were out,
11:04and in the end they have come to the final like you,
11:07and what happened before,
11:09those six games,
11:10doesn't count at all.
11:11Just as you have come with brilliance,
11:13they don't.
11:14Does that scare you more,
11:15the fact that they have come a little rebounded,
11:17suffering, without so much brilliance?
11:19We have also suffered.
11:21The game against Germany was not easy,
11:24after that extension.
11:26France also had a chance at the end to tie,
11:31but it is true that our game has been very good.
11:35I don't want to throw away the past,
11:37but we have also lost some semifinals of the Eurocup,
11:41playing and deserving more,
11:44but we also have that bad experience,
11:49to improve,
11:50which has made us improve and be where we are now,
11:54so we don't worry about the path they have taken
11:58throughout this Eurocup.
12:00We focus on our game and that's it.
12:24It would be a dream to score a hat-trick in the final
12:28and win it, of course.
12:30But I repeat, the goal is to win, of course.
12:34I would be happy if I could help the team with the goal,
12:38but the main objective is to win the trophy.
12:41Hi, English as well, if that's okay.
12:44I think you've spoken before to say
12:46that you have had to beat the best to reach the final.
12:50Do you think England have also had to beat the best,
12:52or do you think they've been a bit kinder,
12:55the draw has been a bit kinder to them,
12:57they've been a bit luckier with who they've played?
12:59Well, I think the best two teams reach the final.
13:03It's always like this in a tournament,
13:06the ones who win the most are in the final,
13:09and this is the same in this tournament this year.
13:13So, at the end, I think the best two teams will face again
13:17in the final,
13:18so, again, we will try to keep the focus on our things,
13:23ourselves, the things that brought us where we are now,
13:27and just keep our work up and try to do our best always.
13:34Hi, Dani, another question in English, if that's okay.
13:37I wanted to ask you about Lamine Yamal.
13:40Firstly, do you have any plans
13:42to celebrate his birthday with him tomorrow?
13:45And secondly, how impressed are you by how he's been handling
13:50the attention around him and the maturity that he's shown?
13:55Well, we're going to celebrate with a cake, probably,
13:58and with a sing.
13:59And then, of course, Lamine is an amazing player.
14:04What he has shown already with 16 years,
14:08I think not many players in history did.
14:11But, again, what is the most important is his mentality,
14:15his way of thinking.
14:17He's calm, he's a good guy.
14:19He's a good teammate as well.
14:22He's working for the team, bringing the individual quality
14:26to the team, which is the most important thing.
14:29And, at the end, everything that's coming,
14:31it will be good for him and for us, of course.
14:36Hi, Dani, this is Ruben Garcia from Antena 3.
14:38A few days ago, on social media, the English federation
14:41uploaded a video of the Bellingham players playing golf.
14:45I wanted to know if, with those magnificent golf courses,
14:48you've had time to play, and I think you would win
14:51by a goal because the style they had wasn't very good.
14:54Have you had time to play and, above all,
14:56who do you play better with in the dressing room?
14:59Not me.
15:00I'm not a big fan.
15:02It's something I would like, but I haven't had the opportunity
15:05to try it.
15:06Yes, we have some players.
15:08The ones who play the most are Álvaro and Ramiro.
15:11Grimaldo, Cucu and Baena have been playing a bit these days.
15:16But, well, it's a hobby.
15:18There's a lot of free time here in the national team,
15:22apart from training and rest,
15:24which we also take advantage of to do things as a group.
15:28Very good. Any more questions?
15:30We thank Dani.
15:32Thank you.
15:36Thank you.