The coach of Real Mallorca, Javier Aguirre, openly stated, that this Wednesday’s Copa del Rey match against Pontevedra CF is “a final”. “We have a lot of respect for this competition,” he pointed out.
The American coach has repeated his team “worth losing” against Getafe on Friday, in the return to the League after the break for the World Cup and “we realized that we did something wrong during this break; now, we have no room for maneuver: this Tuesday, a final against Pontevedra , and on Saturday another final against Real Valladolid in the Liga”.
The Mexican coach lost centre-back Martin Valjent and midfielder Baba, both with physical problems. The rest of the crew has already left Galiciaincluding the boys Gayá and Llabrés and the three goalkeepers, Rajkovic, Greif and Leo Román.
“I expect a very Like we played against Real Unión de Irún”, said ‘Vasco’. Pontevedra is a team that plays good football, with a good field, and will not always back down or cause clashes…”
When the call is open winter marketto reporters’ questions, Aguirre admitted that he had spoken junior lake in relation to the possible departure of the Ivorian from Malaga. “He is a very loved player here, but it is true that I told him that he had little chance of playing, since in his area we have an oversaturation of players.” “If you want to stay with us, we’ll be glad, but if you want to leave, I won’t stop it,” he specified.
Regarding another possible release, that of Inigo Ruiz de GalarretaAguirre has said: “I will not talk to him, because I know that, whether he stays or leaves, he will give everything until the last second to us.”
For his part, the coach of the Pontevedra team, Antonio Fernandez He has all his men, except for Ángel Bastos, who is in the recovery process, and Borja Domínguez, who could come for Saturday’s league game, but not against Mallorca. The one who is already available for the coach is Diego Seoane.
“We can make history” Fernández announced, at the same time he asked for the support of his public.
Source: La Verdad

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