Bojan Debut Not A Priority

Spain coach Vicente del Bosque has played down the importance of young Bojan Krkic’s debut this Saturday in their opening World Cup qualifiers and declared that the team’s interest will come first. Questions have been raised about del Bosque’s starting XI for his very first competitive outing with the national team. The injuries to attackers Fernando Torres and David Silva have opened the door for other players to make their mark and one of them is Bojan.
The recently turned 18 year old made the La Roja squad in the friendly against Denmark a few weeks ago but failed to make his debut on the pitch as he was not called upon.
The Spanish press are now interested if the teenager will get a glimpse of first team action this Saturday against Bosnia-Herzegovina in the World Cup qualifiers, but del Bosque was not too concerned about that.
“Bojan is just one of the 19 players that we have and we will use him if we need to. But whether or not he makes his debut is not a priority question,” revealed the 57 year during the team’s press conference.
Del Bosque acknowledged that the nation will head into the qualifiers with a big target on their backs as European champions, but he assured that he is well equipped to handle the situation.
“I am accustomed to the pressure. The team that I coached before was a team that everyone wanted to beat,” he remarked slyly, referring to his former club, Real Madrid.
“But we are our biggest enemy. We are conscious of what we have achieved in the past but the future starts tomorrow against Bosnia.
“It will be a long campaign but we have very little margin for error. We have to apply ourselves from the first minute,” he concluded.