Madrid
- high optimism carried the Spanish captain,
Iker Casillas,
a main ahead of Euro 2012. Casillas
believes La Furia Roja will
be able to defend the title they captured four years ago.
Spain will start the fight in the European Cup from Group C. Vicente del
Bosque's side are
joined together with Italy, the Republic
of Ireland, and
Croatia. They
will face Italy in the first game on June 10 in Gdansk,
Poland.
"We have the ability to win.
I say this emphatically.
Spain can win this tournament again," Casillas
said as quoted by the official FIFA website.
"At this time we
are not in the same
position four years ago. At
that time people hoped
Spain would go as far as possible and the team started with a confident style of play, in the
face of opponents, and in the end we won the title,"
real Madrid goalkeeper is clear.
"Now
we are here as the champion of the world and all the teams,
especially in the group
stage, will do everything to beat us,"
he said.
Later in the European Cup,
Spain is not going to be strengthened by Barcelona defender, Carles
Puyol, who
with injuries of the knee.
According to Casillas,
Puyol really if absent, it will be
a great loss for his
team.
"Puyol
is a very important player,
especially because of
the charisma that he had among the other players,"
he said.
