Luis Aragones Team Quotations

We are going to win both games and we will finish first, I really believe that. We are a better team than Belgium and that is what makes me optimistic.

Raul is a very important player because he is the captain, ... The national team is very close to his heart and he always wants to win. He needs the support of the national coach right now and he's going to get it.

Ivory Coast is a good team and has an advantage because it's just played the African Cup final. Although Spain hasn't played for a while, I hope the players can put on a good display.

To say that we've played badly and we've failed in this, this and this is normal. I believe in the national team and in the players I've got and I think that little by little they're believing in what I tell them.

Slovakia are definitely not the team I was hoping for.