Iker Casillas: "This League will be for Madrid"
"The key of our victory against Barça was playing solid football and working hard"
The goalkeeper of Real Madrid and of the Spanish national team was invited to Spanish TV sports talk show Maracaná '06. Iker Casillas is currently the Spanish League stopper that has conceded the least number of goals, with only three over seven games. He was upbeat and evidenced the good spell of form and state of mind that the team is currently undergoing. Which team will win the League?
I think Real Madrid will win the League. Barcelona has everyone accustomed to an exceptional playing standard and now everyone hurries to speak of a crisis after they lost only two matches. When we face them, they command respect.
What was the key of the final victory?
We were really keen and gave our all out there. We had suffered a lot over tha last few years; they had crushed us in general and it was time to get even knowing they were current League and Champions League champions. We had to live through the criticism and painful moments, so we were really dying to talk and concentrate on our football, and our hard work and results.
During the first half, Barça were performing better than you for a long while.
They play and ellaborate football at all times, but they didn't have exceptionally clear chances. They were dangerous in the last third and Gudjonshen is a great player. For me, Eto’o's absence was beneficial because he's scored a few goals against me lately.
The meeting and talk with Capello changed the course of things?
It has nothing to do with the meeting. It had more to do with the appalling image we gave against Getafe, both vis-a-vis us and the Club. You can't go there and not even shoot once on goal. The week that lay ahead at that moment was crucial for us: we had to have unity, be a team. We always get together before the matches, although this meeting was special because of the upset in Getafe and our image there. We all spoke to try to get past this absurd situation.
How do you feel at the moment in the national team?
I want to win something already. It's many hopes that have gone down the gutter. We're never lucky in the moment of truth, whatever the reason. I have already played in two Euro Championships and two World Cups and I think it's about time we did something that would make people and ourselves proud.
Report by Álvaro Velasco
Translation by Luis Orueta
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