News from Chelsea: Spain's assistant was surprised by Kepa's victory at the end of the season on De Gea

According to Robert Moreno, David de Gea's place as number one of Spain's No. 1 is not over, but the badistant coach has acknowledged that Kepa's end-of-season form Arrizabalaga had influenced the decision to start the Chelsea pilot in the short term.

Kepa has now started the last three international clashes in Spain. While the qualifying matches for the euro against the Malta and Faroe Islands minnows were not frowned upon, his training in training against Sweden did.

De Gea was criticized by Spain for his performances at the World Cup, as well as by the League of Nations, which led him to question his place in the World Cup. ;team.

And although the three consecutive Kepa starts and two white sheets seem to have answered this question for the moment, Moreno does not believe it's a settled affair.

Instead, he highlighted the end of the season, when Kepa shone when Chelsea won the Europa League, while De Gea struggled, while Manchester United finished sixth, influencing the current situation in goals .

"We do not think the De Gea period with Spain is over," said Moreno. "But Kepa had an unbelievable end to the season: Europa League champion with excellent performances, and at this very moment, we thought Kepa could help us in a better way.

"The competition is now launched. When you have something easy, you relax and it is not good. Competitiveness is also good for the purpose. "

Moreno revealed that head coach Luis Enrique, who is absent from the team for personal reasons, had doubts about Kepa's concentration, but once this was resolved, he decided to give two starts.

"It's not a simple thing," Moreno said. "We have already seen Kepa play pretty well in the Europa League, so you could already guess that he was fit, but we had to check in the team.

"I spoke to Luis Enrique on Friday, just before the match, and we discussed it. And after the match, we decided to keep him in training.

"This is not a concrete moment when we decided it, but we started commenting on the composition a long time ago, and then, when you have all the information on your hands, that's it." is what gives you the last effort to make the decision. "

For its part, Kepa wanted to be excluded from the debate, its goal being to help Spain to continue to qualify for qualifying matches for the euro, where it remains perfect through four matches .

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"We are still involved in this kind of media debate," said Kepa. "We have to take it naturally, it's football, I'm happy to play, help the team, and finish this season in the best possible way."

"I will continue to work as I have done so far, trying to do my best with my club and, hopefully, keeping the coach's confidence in the # 39 national team.

"In the end, we all want to play Pau Lopez, De Gea and I are training to play, and after all, it's a decision of the coach, it's his responsibility."