スペイン指揮官、大会前にＰＫ１０００本の「宿題」 カタールＷ杯

【ドーハＡＦＰ＝時事】サッカースペイン代表のルイス・エンリケ監督は５日、Ｗ杯カタール大会を前に選手たちに１０００本のＰＫ練習という「宿題」を課していたと明かした。（写真はエンリケ監督）
　決勝トーナメントでは延長戦やＰＫ戦にもつれる可能性もある中、スペインは６日のベスト１６でモロッコと対戦する。スペインは昨年の欧州選手権で、スイスにＰＫ戦で勝利したものの、イタリアとの準決勝ではＰＫ戦の末に敗れた。
　ルイス・エンリケ監督は「１年以上前のあるキャンプで、少なくとも１０００本のＰＫを蹴ってここに来なければならないと彼らに伝えた」とコメントした。
　「彼らは宿題を終えたのだろう。ここにやってくるまでＰＫの練習を待っていたら…（十分ではないだろう）」
　指揮官はまた、ＰＫは「くじではない」と主張した。
「緊張感が最大限に張り詰める瞬間であり、度胸を見せるとき。１０００回も練習すれば、決めたようにＰＫを蹴られる」
「ＰＫはそれぞれの選手について雄弁に語る。緊張にどう対応するかは練習できるし、対処も可能だ。運の要素はどんどん下がっており、よりＧＫに影響力がある」
　「われわれにはとても優れたＧＫがいる。３人の誰もがこうした状況で非常に良いプレーができる。練習を終えたときに毎回、多くの選手がＰＫを蹴っているのを目にしている」
　ルイス・エンリケ監督はさらに、日本戦で打撲に見舞われたＤＦセサル・アスピリクエタが回復し、５日午後には２６人全員が練習に参加できる状態にあると話した。【翻訳編集ＡＦＰＢＢＮｅｗｓ】
〔ＡＦＰ＝時事〕（2022/12/06-13:38）

Spain coach Luis Enrique set each of his players the homework of practising 1,000 penalties ahead of the World Cup, saying he is convinced they are not a lottery.
The 2010 world champions face Morocco in the last 16 on Tuesday, with the threat of extra-time and penalties looming in the knockout phase of the tournament in Qatar.
Spain beat Switzerland on penalties at last year's Euro 2020 but were eliminated on spot-kicks by Italy in the semi-finals.
Over a year ago, in one of the Spain camps, I told them they had to get here with at least 1,000 penalties taken, Luis Enrique said on Monday.
I imagine that they have done their homework. If you wait until getting here to practise penalties... (it won't be enough).
The Spaniard insisted spot kicks were not a lottery.
It's a moment of maximum tension, a time to show your nerve, and that you can shoot the penalty in the way you have decided, if you have trained it a thousand times, he said.
It says a lot about each player. It's trainable, manageable, how you manage the tension. It's increasingly less luck -- the goalkeepers have more influence.
We have a very good goalkeeper, any of the three can do very well in this situation. Every time we finish training I see a lot of players taking penalties.
The Spain coach also responded to criticism over the team's style of play -- their commitment to playing out from defence sometimes puts them under pressure in dangerous areas.
Japan earned a shock 2-1 win over Spain, with their first goal coming after the European team lost the ball on the edge of their box and Ritsu Doan slammed home.
Every team has their weapons, said Luis Enrique. We want to get the ball in the best way possible to the forwards,
If we have to hit a long ball, we'll hit it. The interpretation has to be done on the pitch.
He said he did not agree with Spain's critics.
It doesn't make sense to say that against Japan if we hoofed it away to clear our lines we wouldn't have let in the first goal, he said.
We also wouldn't have scored any goals if we kept kicking it long. We will keep playing the ball out from the back, it's what we want.
Luis Enrique confirmed that Cesar Azpilicueta had recovered from his knock against Japan and all 26 players would be fit to train on Monday evening ahead of the game.