adminMADRID. — Spain coach Vicente del Bosque insists La Roja must aim for a historic third straight European Championship win despite their embarrassing exit as holders at the World Cup two years ago.
Del Bosque’s men became the first side to retain the Euro title in Poland and Ukraine four years ago, but spectacularly crashed out after just two games at the World Cup after thrashings by the Netherlands and Chile. They also slumped to an embarrassing 1-0 defeat to unfancied Georgia in their final preparatory game on Tuesday.
The former Real Madrid boss resisted calls for his resignation after the World Cup humiliation to continue on for what is expected to be his swansong as coach. However, he refused to dampen expectations after another season of dominance by Spanish clubs in Europe.
“We shouldn’t set any limits,” Del Bosque said.
“We can’t say if we get to the semi-finals we will be happy, we need to aspire to win it.
“This is sport and we don’t know how far we’ll go, but we need to maintain the dream to fight for a third consecutive Euro title.” — AFP.
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