Real Madrid defender Nacho Fernandez was satisfied despite Los Blancos failed to beat Norwegian side Valerenga in their last friendly of the pre-season.
“Once again we showed how solid we are defensively, from the goalkeeper all the way up to the front men. It wasn’t the result we were hoping for but we managed to keep a clean sheet and we’re happy about that, although we did fail to score,” the Spaniard said after the game.
The 25-year-old claimed they lacked precision in attack: “We were a very solid unit and defended really well and created a lot of goalscoring opportunities, but we were unable to put any of them away today. We’ve been picking up good results during the preseason. Not conceding is very important but now we need to dig in a bit deeper in order to score more goals.”
Nacho doesn’t seem to have many chances of playing this season, but he confessed he is going to fight for it: “I’ve been working hard to earn my place on the team ever since the new manager arrived. I’m no longer like the academy player I was back when I broke into the first team, now I want to fight for more and I’m trying my hardest to earn the trust of the manager.”
“I’ve known from the very beginning the competition I was up against, they could well be the three best centre backs in the world. They help me to improve a little bit each day. I’m delighted to be fighting with them for a place,” he added.
