Guilleme Balague of Sky Sports:“It was always Vicente del Bosque’s plan to move Iker Casillas out of Spain’s goal and to move in David de Gea. “It was kind of spoiled in a way by the Slovakia defeat, in which Casillas made a mistake, because some people might have thought Casillas was being punished by not starting against Luxembourg. “Casillas is a very good reactive goalkeeper but not so good proactively.” “But De Gea was always set to play in Luxembourg and even though Del Bosque says he is going to rotate – part of a “sweet transition” as he calls it – and we may see Casillas from time to time, De Gea is going to be the No 1 for a bit. “The first goal Casillas conceded against Slovakia was a mistake. “It came off the back off a fantastic save but it shows what Casillas is at the moment and what he has perhaps always been: a very good reactive goalkeeper but not so good proactively. “When the ball came to him, he swerved a bit when he should have stayed on his feet and made himself bigger. I used to be a goalkeeper myself but have been also told this by other ‘keepers. “That was basically the last straw for Casillas but he was always going to be replaced by De Gea.”
Posted on: Mon, 13 Oct 2014 17:16:45 +0000
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