Aragonés hails Torres and Spanish footballing model
Spanish head coach Luis Aragonés challenged striker Fernando Torres to become one of the best players in the world. The Liverpool forward capped an impressive domestic season by scoring the winning goal to gift Spain their first silverware for 44 years - despite the fact that leading scorer David Villa was out injured.
Aragonés, who turns 70 in July, has stepped down after winning Euro 2008 after four controversial years in charge of the national team.
He believes that his team played to a model that will be emulated. He encouraged incisive passing and direct forward play - something that, as a loan striker in Vienna, Torres excelled at.
"Fernando is a great player for Liverpool and for our team and he can go anywhere because he has really extraordinary speed and he knows how to dribble," Aragonés enthused.
"We always tell him he's a player who is so young that he can learn to do everything and there is no doubt he can be one of the best players in the world.
And on his team's style of football, the Spaniard added: "All those that love football want to see it played that way. People want players who can pass well and get into the penalty area and score goals.
"They'll look up to Spain as a model of how to play football. We've won this tournament brilliantly, it's a happy day for the players, the background staff, me, all Spaniards."
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