Luis: No more excuses

Everyone agrees it’s time for Spain to shed its underachiever label. And coach Luis Aragones says it’s also time to stop making excuses.

“I’ve never liked alibis that don’t justify anything,” he says.

Spain was generally unimpressive in qualifying for the World Cup until a 6-2 aggregate thrashing of Slovakia in a playoff. Luis says the playoff game was a turning point.

I’m pretty sure everyone in the world agrees with the general tone of the article: stop choking every tournament and start producing the goods.