( CNN ) -- Singer Enrique Iglesias moved to the United States as a child but his football heart remains in Spain . As Spain prepares to play Honduras on Monday -- after losing to Switzerland in the first group game -- he talks to CNN about his heroes , football memories and fitting in games while doing promotion work . Did you play football as a kid ? Yes , I used to play right wing when I was a kid . I do n't play any more . I probably could not play for more than five minutes , I 'd be in the ground . I 've got no endurance whatsoever . Maybe after a tour but not before one . As a kid I played in Spain til I was 8 . I was medium , not great but not bad . Then I moved to the U.S. -- 20 years ago soccer was not as big in the U.S. as it is now -- and I was actually pretty good in comparison to the rest of the players at the time . It felt good . The coach would always put me in to play . The best memories were of scoring goals . When you score you felt like you were on top of the world . My favorite player back then was Diego Maradona . The second goal he scored against England [ in 1986 World Cup ) was so , so magnificent . It made the rest of the world -- maybe not England -- forget the handball goal and say `` OK , you deserved to win . '' Who are your favorite players at this World Cup ? Between Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi . And Iniesta and Torres and Fabregas and Villa and Casillas . What does the World Cup mean to you ? My album `` Euphoria '' comes out in July and that means I am promoting it in all June and July . I was so disappointed . That was the only thing I hated about this album to the point that three weeks ago I called the president of the record company and told him that I wanted to delay my album and move it to September due to the World Cup . I was keen on it . I 'm like `` please , please , please , '' I begged and they said `` if you move it to September just to watch the World Cup we will never speak to you again . '' I was disappointed . I was `` come on , it is once every four years '' and they were `` come on , your albums are once every three years . '' Will Iglesias have a summer hit ? The World Cup is the only time my career comes second . It 's crucial to me . When Spain plays they did promise me they would clear my schedule . How do you think Spain will do ? The worst part was I was in London for the Swiss game and they cleared the schedule for two hours and I got to watch Spain and I got to see them lose . After that I did n't want to do more interviews . It was one of those games that you watch and you say how could we have lost ? You can tell their skill and they were the better team but at the end of the day it 's 'you ca n't forgive in football , ' you have to go for it . It 's not always the better team that wins and what matters is the final score . It was just devastating . If there 's one World Cup where you would think this is the time where they have a chance , I would think it 's this one . Ever since I was a little kid Spain was always good , always promised a lot but they never quite get there . CNN.com tracks the World Cup . This time , since the Euros ( European championships ) , things have changed . From Iniesta to Alonso to Torres to Villa to Piquet to Puyol , you have Fabregas , you have Casillas . You just have such a complete team , and they are so talented and each player is so good . But now there 's a lot of pressure . They have to win . If Brazil wins their group and if Spain qualifies second they have to play Brazil . I would rather Spain wins the group and plays Portugal or Ivory Coast . Who do you think will do well ? I think Argentina will go all the way or close . I got to watch a bit of the South Korea game and they were really good . Obviously , Brazil . It will boil down to those teams -- to Argentina , to Brazil , Italy always starts bad and ends up in a good place , Germany will be there . And hopefully Spain will be in there . It 's so difficult to tell in the World Cup because anything can happen . What are your best and worst memories of football ? Worst was the 2002 ( World Cup ) . Spain-South Korea . They got robbed . I think the referee made major mistakes to the point that it was so so obvious it almost made you think something was going on . It was too , too obvious . The best , when I was 5 years old , the World Cup in Spain in '82 , the mascot was Naranjito . The Italy-Germany game , I was there . I watched it . I remember Paolo Rossi . He was my idol in that World Cup .
Only cleared to watch Spain 's World Cup campaign . Iglesias : I wanted to delay my release so I could watch the World Cup . Defeat to Switzerland was ` ` devastating '' Best performance was at Spain ' 82 ; worst was at 2002 World Cup .