Nico Williams: “Although it may not seem like it, De la Fuente has character. If he gets angry, he gets angry”

Nico Williamsone of Spain’s most outstanding players in the Euro Cup, spoke on the program ‘The spar’ of the SER Chain to analyze the status of the Spanish selection and the quarterfinal match against Germany.

“As a whole, I think we are the best in the Euro Cup. Individually, France may have better names, but as a team… We are born competitors and there is no team like us,” the Athletic Club forward declared to Meadow Hand When asked about the controversial words of Jens Lehmann in which he described Spain as “a small and inexperienced team; basically, like a youth team”.

Regarding his spectacular performance in the Euro Cup, the highly-rated Nico Williams acknowledges that “yes, in the end I am doing things well. I am getting the opportunity to play in a Euro Cup, which I have always wanted to do, and I hope things continue like this and I can add more things”.

Nico Williams and his duel on the wing with Kimmich in the match against Germany

From the match against Germany the entire football world will be watching his duel with Joshua Kimmich: “I really want to face him, to add experiences to my game, to be able to do well and hopefully be in the semi-finals. I haven’t seen any videos of him yet. Yes, the coaches have given me some guidelines to know how he is oriented, where I can attack him and what his weak points are, but so far I have seen little video.”

Of the German team he highlighted “Musiala, I love his game. They have great players: Kroos, Kimmich… what can I tell you. In the end we are going to try to counteract him as best as possible to be in the semis.”

Nico Williams highlights the work of Luis de la Fuente at the head of the national team

“He is a coach who has helped me a lot. He has known how to bring out my potential in a certain way. Although it may not seem like it, he has character. If he gets angry, he gets angry. He is sincere and transparent. Furthermore, he is ambitious. He has clear ideas. Honestly, I want to thank him because he always shows up for all of us. He knows what the project is here.”

Where does the special connection between Lamine Yamal and Nico Williams come from?

“Balde brought us together. I get along very well with him, we have a beautiful friendship off the field. He introduced us when Lamine came to the national team in his first call-up and, as a result, we became friends. We share a lot of likes and nothing, until today”.

“Lamine Yamal is very humble. It is true that you are 16 years old and you can go crazy. Everyone tells you that you are very good. He handles it naturally, as if it were just another thing. He has fun playing football and that’s all he cares about.”