Head coach Chris Gunter says Wales’ players need to “learn quickly” following their heavy loss to Spain in the opening game of the Uefa Men’s Under-19 Championships.
Gunter’s side were beaten 7-0 by the highly impressive nine-time champions at Wrexham’s Stok Cae Ras.
Wales next face Germany on Wednesday and Gunter said the players will have to “go again” after reflecting on the opening defeat.
“There’s time to hurt and then really quickly in football you have to show back up and go again,” Gunter said.
“The job for myself and the staff is to make some sense of it and show the players and make sure on Wednesday that it’s a better performance and a different outcome.”
A devastating opening 34 minutes saw Spain take a 4-0 lead, including two goals from Real Betis winger José Morante.
Spain scored three further goals in the second half and could have added more against a Wales team that were no match for them.
“When you’re in football everybody naturally is competitive and it’s in you,” Gunter added.
“There’s no magic words at this moment in time, you have to wear it and that’s what we said to the players.
“We lost the game in a manner that we didn’t want to, so there’s time now for the players to reflect and for us to find stuff then and when we wake up tomorrow morning, learn from it.
“And I said really quickly, we’ll be back here and back on the pitch on Wednesday night against another team that won’t be feeling sorry for you, or want to beat you just as much as what Spain did today. “
