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Vicente del Bosque hits back at Jose Mourinho over Diego Costa treatment
VINCENTE DEL BOSQUE says Spain will remain 'stubborn' over Diego Costa's international duty.
Chelsea boss Jose Mourinho recently held the Spain coach accountable for Costa's injury issues.
The Portuguese claimed his leading scorer shouldn't have featured in the Euro 2016 qualifiers with Slovakia and Luxembourg early this month.
Costa, 26, has been forced to sit out of the Blues' last four matches with a hamstring problem, but Del Bosque is unwilling to change his stance on the matter.
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In some things we are very flexible, in this we are stubborn
“We’ve had no luck with Diego. He didn’t join us at the best time and the injuries he had didn’t help him,” he maintained.
“In some things we are very flexible and in others stubborn, and in this we are stubborn.
“I don’t know if we are right or wrong, but if we hadn’t called up Costa for the national team we’d definitely have been criticised for not having done so.”
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