Julen Lopetegui on why he took Andres Iniesta off vs Israel

Julen Lopetegui on why he took Andres Iniesta off vs Israel

Julen Lopetegui
Julen Lopetegui | sport

El seleccionador español se mostró muy satisfecho con las prestaciones ofrecidas por sus jugadores ante Israel

Andres Iniesta, made way in the 70th minute for Isco, and the coach was asked why he made the switch

Spain coach Julen Lopetegui was happy after his team's 4-1 win over Israel. "We are content, the main objective was three points and we took them. We did things very well and for that reason we overcame a good opponent by some distance."

Asked about taking off Andres Iniesta, who made way in the 70th minute for Isco, he said: "He's a player who recently is not playing many minutes frequently."

The coach added: "I liked the intensity in our movement of the ball. At 3-0 up, we played less collectively, but overall it was a good match from us.

"We stuck with our mentality. We scored four, but we were able to score many more. I'll stick with the collective, it's the way forward."