Spain coach Vicente del Bosque has suggested he will ignore calls for Fernando Llorente to start ahead of Fernando Torres for their World Cup quarter-final.
Llorente's performance after coming on as a second half substitute for Torres in the narrow win over Portugal has lead to a swell of support for the Athletic Bilbao target man to be given a starting berth over his Liverpool counterpart but del Bosque insists he will not be swayed from showing full confidence in both strikers.
"It is impossible that there would be no debate in a championship like this, because we all have opinions and it is good that the manifest themselves. Our forward right now is Fernando [Torres]. He has played four games, plenty of minutes, and will play more, we are fully confident him, and we know that Fernando Llorente will bring us many things too," he told the assembled media.
"We must give the utmost confidence to both, and know that both are useful. The hardest thing is that those who get minutes, when they go out [on the pitch] they give their utmost. In that sense we are happy with those who have participated a little."
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