Inigo Martinez wants to play for Spain in Qatar World Cup 2022

Talking to Inigo Martinez is different from seeing him on the pitch. On the green he seems haughty, distant, implacable – lets see what he told Spanish journalists about the national team, Bilbao, etc.

Best shape of the player?

It is very difficult for me to give you an answer to that. It is true that I feel good, with my spirits full and full of confidence. From there, if the results help, everything adds up. I hope to continue like this until the end of the season. The team is fine and everything helps. We hope to continue fighting and that the next matches go the same as the last ones. Now comes a tricky one. Rather than being liked, I would say that the job of those at the back is to defend, but also to provide information. We are the ones who see the game the best and I have always been a player who talks a lot on the pitch, he goes with me. I’m comfortable with the teammates I’m playing with back there, we get along well and we’re being very reliable.

Winner mentality of Inigo Martinez

Nobody likes to lose a final. The last one we lost… is Madrid, they have great players, but it annoys you , because few remember those who fall in a final. The finals are to be won. The team was not like in the previous games, in which they pressed and showed that desire to win. In the end we fought and we had that penalty that if we put it in, with one more, they would have been locked up and we would have had one more chance. But it’s past water, it’s time to turn the page. I did not come with the intention of replacing Laporte, he is an exceptional player and I am lucky to be able to share a dressing room with him in the National Team.