“He doesn't have the most valuable players, but he looks very good!”

A former player at Real Madrid and Barcelona, ​​two of the most important clubs in Spanish football, Hagi hopes that Spain will win the world trophy.

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The “King” explained that he particularly appreciates the strength of the group and the organization of the game of the title European champion.

Although he believes that Spain does not necessarily have the most valuable players on an individual level, the Romanian coach is impressed by the collective play practiced by the Iberians.

“I hope that Spain will win the World Cup. (no – Spain is Gică Hagi's favorite?) Yes, yes, yes.

For the rest, we'll see, football is football, we can't predict things, you can't talk before, but I just like Spain, how they look as a team, how they play. It may not have the most valuable players, but it looks very good.

Football is unpredictable, we'll see. Let's wait and see. (Are you waiting for September to start the official matches too?) We still have until then. The important thing is that we passed these two matches well.

We still have work to do in these three months, almost, to work hard, to be inspired by the choices we make, because the objective is to attack the 1st place”, said Gică Hagi, present at an event organized by Galatasaray supporters from Romania.

Spain will debut at the World Championship on June 15, from 19:00, in the match against the Cape Verde Islands. On June 21, from the same time, they will meet Saudi Arabia, and on June 27, from 03:00, they will play the last match of the group stage, against Uruguay.

Spain's squad for the World Cup

• Goalkeepers: Unai Simon (Athletic Bilbao), David Raya (Arsenal), Joan Garcia (Barcelona)

• defense: Marc Cucurella (Chelsea), Alejandro Grimaldo (Bayer Leverkusen), Pau Cubarsi (Barcelona), Aymeric Laporte (Athletic Bilbao), Marc Pubill (Atletico Madrid), Eric Garcia (Barcelona), Marcos Llorente (Atletico Madrid), Pedro Porro (Tottenham)

• midfielders: Pedri (Barcelona), Fabian Ruiz (PSG), Martin Zubimendi (Arsenal), Gavi (Barcelona), Rodri (Manchester City), Alex Baena (Atletico Madrid), Mikel Merino (Arsenal)

• Strikers: Mikel Oyarzabal (Real Sociedad), Dani Olmo (Barcelona), Nico Williams (Athletic Bilbao), Yeremy Pino (Crystal Palace), Ferran Torres (Barcelona), Borja Iglesias (Celta de Vigo), Victor Munoz (Osasuna), Lamine Yamal (Barcelona)