"I didn't have time for tactful experiments. I had to limit myself to explaining my philosophy of attacking and defending football to the players. We didn't get to know each other as well as we needed to. But I saw intelligent footballers who were ready to absorb information."

In a club, you can work longer. In the national team, there's no such chance. Of course, I already knew the leaders of this team before I came here. I spoke with guys like Courtois, Lukaku, Tieleman, de Bruyne and Meunier on Monday. They are natural leaders," said Garcia.