Raúl Albiol has scoffed at suggestions that both Spain and Croatia will deliberately play for a draw in their final Group game.
A 2-2 draw would see the Italians eliminated from the Euro 2012 and reports in Italy believe that the Azzurri fear that they might be the victims of a pact – a view that the Real Madrid full back has branded as ‘stupid’.
“A 2-2 could happen,” Albiol said.
“Just as a 1-0 or a 0-1 could happen, but there is no pact, no fix, nothing like that. That’s just stupid. We will try to win as always. So will Italy and so will Croatia. I do not think the Italians really think that and we do not feel insulted.”
“We are very relaxed about it. We know that a draw will be enough but we want to win and go through at the top of the group. They can rest assured that we will play to win. 1-0, 2-1, 1-1, 0-0, those are all results that can happen and so can 2-2 but there’s no pact to make it 2-2.” (Guardian)
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