Blanco: "The selections are inheritors of the soccer of Barça"

Alejandro Blanco, president of the Comité Olímpico Español (COE), believes that the Spanish team under-21 just proclaimed champion of Europe should not call it 'Rojita' but the 'Red', "because it is a truly great team".

At a luncheon held with the media in Barcelona, ​​Blanco was full of praise to the combination of Louis Miller, who believes that he deserves the nickname, because the quality of their football is comparable to that of her older sister.



"We have talked about the folly of Thiago imaginative, Mata reference in the offensive play or role in the midfield Javi Martinez, for me the European player, but this team with all the individuals that have not would have won without the strength of the group without the concept of football, "he argued.



For Blanco, the Spanish team and lower levels are heirs of solidarity and play football coral practicing Barça: "It has created a concept football, where Barcelona has the flag and the teams from Spain are wowing the world ". According to the president of the COE, the quality of Spanish sub'21 Milla is so great that he could have become another eleven with replacement players like Bojan, Capel, Jeffren, San Jose or Nsué and had won the tournament. "To me, that team did not play the second best in Europe", he said.



Alejandro Blanco expects the same group is kept to London 2012 and ruled that to try to achieve Olympic gold, can be reinforced with players older than 23 years as permitted by regulation. "To me, qualify for the Games are the ones to go. I do not see well countries are strengthened with professional players who have not been in the qualifiers. The law allows it and can not do anything, but ideally a pact between Olympic committees and federations international lest this happen, "he said. (via SPORT)