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The Atlético forward, who scored a hat-trick against Georgia, said, “I am grateful to all my teammates. I will invite Fabián to dinner; he could have taken the shot, but he gifted me the goal. Mikel Merino also gave me a fantastic pass, and Marco’s (Asensio) pass, what can I say?
Álvaro Morata, the captain of the Spanish national team, scored his first international hat-trick against Georgia, the second of his career, bringing his total to 33 goals for the national team, making him the fifth-highest scorer. He expressed that he is “very proud” of what he’s achieving and hopes to score many “more goals.”
Morata is closing in on the 35 goals of David Silva and the 38 of Fernando Torres to enter the podium of top goal scorers for the Spanish national team. He is still far from the 59 of the record holder, David Villa, and the 44 of Raúl González.
“Hopefully, we’ll continue like this. I am very happy and grateful to all my teammates. I will invite Fabián to dinner; he could have taken the shot, but he gifted me the goal. Mikel Merino also gave me a fantastic pass, and what can I say about Marco Asensio’s pass. I am very proud to play for the national team, and hopefully, more goals will come,” he said on Teledeporte.
Morata emphasized the significance of Spain’s victory in Georgia (1-7), which corrects their path in the qualification for Euro 2024 and puts behind them the defeat suffered in the visit to Scotland.
“It’s a crucial victory for us in this qualification phase. Georgia theoretically should be competitive, and they will make many opponents suffer in their stadium. We started well, everything went our way, we had a good rhythm, and we played a great match,” he analyzed.
“We must always go out to win with the same attitude, and that’s what we’ll do against Cyprus because we represent Spain, and it’s wonderful every time we put on this jersey,” he added.
On the other hand, Martín Zubimendi expressed satisfaction with his contribution in the second half when he entered the game and cautioned against getting carried away after a big win like the one in Tbilisi.
“The message has been clear: despite leading by a large margin, we wanted to keep the momentum going. We showed maturity to control the game and score a few more goals in the second half,” he said.
“These results are important, but they shouldn’t confuse us. We need to take it one step at a time; we are Spain, and we have to finish at the top to secure qualification,” he concluded.
