Vicente del Bosque plays down Spain's defeat to Georgia

Spain manager Vicente del Bosque tried to play down the scale of his side's 1-0 home defeat to Georgia.

Wed, 08 Jun, 2016 - 08:37

Spain manager Vicente del Bosque tried to play down the scale of his side's 1-0 home defeat to Georgia.

The reigning European champions suffered the unexpected loss to a side ranked 137th in the world as they head into Euro 2016 but Del Bosque deflected criticism of his side's performance.

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Courts Soccer Heathrow Place: France Person: Vicente Del Bosque Person: Del Bosque Person: Álvaro Morata Person: Thiago Alcantara Person: Sergio Ramos Person: Jambul Jigauri Person: Tornike Okriashvili Person: Andreas Iniesta Event: Euro 2016 Event: European championship Organisation: Spain Organisation: Georgia Organisation: Croatia Organisation: Turkey

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