2013. Feb. 04. Monday, 17:28

Interview with Antonio Carlos Ortega

You had seen the World Cup finals on the spot, what are your experiences in connection with the event in Spain.

In general national teams experiment in the world cup after the Olympic Games, they try to rejuvenate, and now the lot of injuries gave an opportunity for it. For me it was surprising that Slovenia went to the semi-finals, and I was very happy with the Spanish gold medal, of course. This success came is very good, spectacularly in this bad economic situation. Lack of 3 important players –because of their injuries- made this victory much more valuable. I think that the key was the defeat in the group phrases against Croatia. In this way the team went into an easier branch and no one can beat this team in the finals in front of full-house. The atmosphere was fantastic.

What is your opinion about the performance of the Hungarian national team?
Hungarians played quite rippling. They achieved 3 easy victories in the group phrase but they thought against the home team and the Croatians like the Spanish team: they didn’t give everything into the game against the strongest opponents. They played in the best way against Poland and I think that they could win the qualifying to the next round against Denmark if they wouldn’t spoiled the first half. Gábor Császár’s illness was a serious disadvantage.

In recent times some Veszprem players cancelled the national team membership.
It’s true. If I see in in the club’s point of view, well it is good because we can work together more, and there is much time for relaxing. It is an independent decision; neither the club nor I can contribute into it.

We would like to know what do you think about Gábor Császár’s transfer to Paris. Does the playmaker’s decision change anything in our game in the spring?
Every player decides his future on his own. We accepted Gábor Császár’s decision and we will struggle for the club’s successes together in the next months. Nothing will change, we have to struggle together in order to be better and better.

Obviously, you are thinking about that who can substitute the national team player.
Yes it is obvious; a club works in this way, the life never stops. There are some candidates and I am sure that the club will chose the best opportunity. The decision has to be born as soon as possible.

From now on the contingent is together again. Which are the most important tasks in the next period?

We put the emphasis into our defence and I feel that we are better and better in this scene too. A 4-month hurrying is waiting for us, the first period will be very hard. There will be a national-team programme in the spring term too, after that we will have to do a most concentrated preparation.

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Transleted: Gergő Aranyi

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