{"id":10492,"date":"2021-11-20T12:06:00","date_gmt":"2021-11-20T11:06:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/robert-moreno.es\/i-am-strong-as-an-analyst-interview-in-el-pais\/"},"modified":"2026-03-10T09:27:23","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T08:27:23","slug":"i-am-strong-as-an-analyst-interview-in-el-pais","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/robert-moreno.es\/en\/i-am-strong-as-an-analyst-interview-in-el-pais\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;I am strong as an analyst&#8221; \u2014 Interview in El Pa\u00eds"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<style>\n    .rm-article {\n        max-width: 860px;\n        margin: 0 auto;\n        padding: 60px 24px 80px;\n        font-family: 'Montserrat', sans-serif;\n        color: #e0e0e0;\n        line-height: 1.85;\n        font-size: 17px\n    }\n    .rm-article__header {\n        text-align: center;\n        margin-bottom: 48px\n    }\n    .rm-article__badge {\n        display: inline-flex;\n        align-items: center;\n        gap: 8px;\n        font-size: 11px;\n        font-weight: 700;\n        letter-spacing: 3px;\n        text-transform: uppercase;\n        color: #c9a962;\n        margin-bottom: 20px;\n        padding: 6px 16px;\n        background: rgba(201, 169, 98, 0.08);\n        border-radius: 20px;\n        border: 1px solid rgba(201, 169, 98, 0.2)\n    }\n    .rm-article__title {\n        font-size: clamp(26px, 5vw, 38px);\n        font-weight: 800;\n        color: #fff;\n        line-height: 1.2;\n        margin: 0 0 16px;\n        letter-spacing: -0.5px\n    }\n    .rm-article__subtitle {\n        font-size: 18px;\n        color: #999;\n        margin: 0 0 24px;\n        font-weight: 400\n    }\n    .rm-article__meta {\n        font-size: 13px;\n        color: #666;\n        display: flex;\n        justify-content: center;\n        align-items: center;\n        gap: 16px;\n        flex-wrap: wrap\n    }\n    .rm-article__meta span {\n        display: flex;\n        align-items: center;\n        gap: 5px\n    }\n    .rm-article__meta .rm-dot {\n        width: 4px;\n        height: 4px;\n        border-radius: 50%;\n        background: #444\n    }\n    .rm-article__intro {\n        padding: 28px 32px;\n        background: linear-gradient(135deg, rgba(201, 169, 98, 0.06) 0%, rgba(201, 169, 98, 0.02) 100%);\n        border-left: 4px solid #c9a962;\n        border-radius: 0 12px 12px 0;\n        margin-bottom: 40px;\n        font-size: 16px;\n        color: #ccc;\n        line-height: 1.7\n    }\n    .rm-article__intro strong {\n        color: #fff\n    }\n    .rm-article__quote {\n        margin: 32px 0;\n        padding: 28px 32px;\n        background: linear-gradient(135deg, rgba(16, 185, 129, 0.06) 0%, rgba(16, 185, 129, 0.02) 100%);\n        border-left: 4px solid #10b981;\n        border-radius: 0 12px 12px 0;\n        font-size: 19px;\n        font-style: italic;\n        font-weight: 500;\n        color: #fff;\n        line-height: 1.6\n    }\n    .rm-article__quote span {\n        display: block;\n        margin-top: 12px;\n        font-size: 13px;\n        font-style: normal;\n        font-weight: 600;\n        color: #10b981;\n        letter-spacing: 1px;\n        text-transform: uppercase\n    }\n    .rm-article__content p {\n        color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);\n        margin-bottom: 20px\n    }\n    .rm-article__content h3 {\n        font-size: 22px;\n        font-weight: 700;\n        color: #fff;\n        margin: 40px 0 16px;\n        padding-left: 16px;\n        border-left: 3px solid #c9a962\n    }\n    .rm-article__cta {\n        display: inline-flex;\n        align-items: center;\n        gap: 10px;\n        margin-top: 32px;\n        padding: 14px 28px;\n        background: linear-gradient(135deg, #c9a962, #b8944f);\n        color: #111;\n        font-size: 15px;\n        font-weight: 700;\n        text-decoration: none;\n        border-radius: 10px;\n        letter-spacing: 0.5px;\n        transition: all 0.3s\n    }\n    .rm-article__cta:hover {\n        transform: translateY(-2px);\n        box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgba(201, 169, 98, 0.3)\n    }\n    @media(max-width:600px) {\n        .rm-article {\n            padding: 40px 16px 60px;\n            font-size: 16px\n        }\n        .rm-article__title {\n            font-size: 24px\n        }\n        .rm-article__quote {\n            padding: 20px;\n            font-size: 17px\n        }\n    }\n<\/style>\n<div class=\"rm-article\">\n    <header class=\"rm-article__header\">\n        <span class=\"rm-article__badge\">&#128240; Interview &middot; Print Press<\/span>\n        <h1 class=\"rm-article__title\">&laquo;I&#8217;m strong as an analyst&raquo;<\/h1>\n        <p class=\"rm-article__subtitle\">In-depth interview in El Pa&iacute;s on methodology, analysis and the vision of\n            modern football<\/p>\n        <div class=\"rm-article__meta\">\n            <span>&#128240; <strong>El Pa&iacute;s<\/strong><\/span>\n            <span class=\"rm-dot\"><\/span>\n            <span>Ferm&iacute;n Rodr&iacute;guez &amp; Rafael Pineda<\/span>\n            <span class=\"rm-dot\"><\/span>\n            <span>20 November 2021<\/span>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/header>\n    <div class=\"rm-article__intro\">\n        <strong>About this interview:<\/strong> Robert Moreno gave an in-depth interview to <strong>El\n            Pa&iacute;s<\/strong>, Spain&#8217;s newspaper of record, during his time as manager of <strong>Granada CF<\/strong>\n        in the 2021\/22 LaLiga Santander season. In it, he speaks candidly about his identity as a coach, his passion for\n        video analysis and how he builds his working methodology.\n    <\/div>\n    <div class=\"rm-article__quote\">\n        &laquo;I&#8217;m strong as an analyst. I&#8217;ve spent my whole life watching matches. That&#8217;s what defines me as a\n        coach.&raquo;\n        <span>&mdash; Robert Moreno, El Pa&iacute;s<\/span>\n    <\/div>\n    <div class=\"rm-article__content\">\n        <h3>Analysis as identity<\/h3>\n        <p>In this interview, Robert Moreno defines himself through his essence: tactical analysis. Unlike many coaches\n            who reached the profession from a playing career, Moreno forged his path through the exhaustive study of the\n            game. Thousands of hours of video, opposition analysis, playing models broken down to the finest detail.<\/p>\n        <p>It is a statement of principles: you don&#8217;t need to have been an elite footballer to manage at the elite\n            level. You need knowledge, dedication and a power of observation honed over years. Moreno is the living\n            proof of this alternative path.<\/p>\n    <\/div>\n    <div class=\"rm-article__quote\">\n        &laquo;I wasn&#8217;t a professional player, so I study twice as hard. My competitive advantage is knowledge.&raquo;\n        <span>&mdash; Robert Moreno<\/span>\n    <\/div>\n    <div class=\"rm-article__content\">\n        <h3>A methodology built from the ground up<\/h3>\n        <p>Moreno explains how his methodology starts from the deep analysis of every match: from off-the-ball movements\n            to the opposition&#8217;s pressing patterns. He was a pioneer in Spain in the application of professional\n            <strong>scouting<\/strong> and <strong>video analysis<\/strong>, tools that are now standard in any top-level\n            coaching staff.<\/p>\n        <p>The interview also covers his vision of football as Granada&#8217;s manager: tactical demands combined with squad\n            management in LaLiga, the complexity of competing every week against Champions League-level opponents and\n            the need to extract the maximum performance from every player.<\/p>\n        <h3>The seal of approval from a reference newspaper<\/h3>\n        <p><strong>El Pa&iacute;s<\/strong> is Spain&#8217;s most widely read newspaper and one of the most influential in the\n            Spanish-speaking world. The fact that it devoted an in-depth interview to Robert Moreno during his time at\n            Granada reflects the recognition of his career and his voice as a tactical reference in Spanish football.\n        <\/p>\n    <\/div>\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/elpais.com\/deportes\/2021-11-21\/robert-moreno-soy-fuerte-como-analista.html\" target=\"_blank\"\n        rel=\"noopener\" class=\"rm-article__cta\">\n        Read the interview in El Pa&iacute;s &rarr;\n    <\/a>\n    <p style=\"margin-top:48px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/robert-moreno.es\/prensa-3\/\"\n            style=\"color:#c9a962;text-decoration:none;\">&larr; Back to Press Room<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#128240; Interview &middot; Print Press &laquo;I&#8217;m strong as an analyst&raquo; In-depth interview in El Pa&iacute;s on methodology, analysis and the vision of modern football &#128240; El Pa&iacute;s Ferm&iacute;n Rodr&iacute;guez &amp; Rafael Pineda 20 November 2021 About this interview: Robert Moreno gave an in-depth interview to El Pa&iacute;s, Spain&#8217;s newspaper of record, during his time as [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":10493,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_angie_page":false,"page_builder":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[84,74],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10492","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-interviews","category-press"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/robert-moreno.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10492","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/robert-moreno.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/robert-moreno.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robert-moreno.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robert-moreno.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10492"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/robert-moreno.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10492\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10847,"href":"https:\/\/robert-moreno.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10492\/revisions\/10847"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robert-moreno.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10493"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/robert-moreno.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10492"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robert-moreno.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10492"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robert-moreno.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10492"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}