Coach Del Bosque slams Casillas over attitude

MADRID: Outgoing Spain boss Vicente del Bosque has sparked controversy by signalling out veteran captain Iker Casillas’s poor attitude as Spain’s reign as European

Published on: Jul 3, 2016, 09:19:19 IST

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MADRID: Outgoing Spain boss Vicente del Bosque has sparked controversy by signalling out veteran captain Iker Casillas’s poor attitude as Spain’s reign as European champions came to an end at Euro 2016.

Having showed fierce loyalty to the players that won the 2010 World Cup and Euro 2012, his criticism of Casillas was received with shock across Spain.

“With the other players he was fine, acted correctly, but with the coaching staff he was so, so,” Del Bosque told Cadena Ser radio. “It leaves a bad taste that he wasn’t good at all with the coaching staff, but with the rest of the players he was perfect. The anger was aimed at us.”

Del Bosque said he felt so let down by Casillas’s behaviour that he was the only player he hadn’t sent a message to since taking the decision to quit.

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