Kadewere will play as Muriqi against Real Sociedad

The coach of Real Mallorca, Javier Aguirre, announced this Saturday that the Zimbabwean Tino Kadewere will replace the suspended Vedat Muriqi, this Sunday, in the match that the Balearic team will play in Palma (2:00 pm, Mallorca Son Moix Stadium ) against the Royal Society of San Sebastian.

“We believe that Kadewere is the closest thing we have to Vedat and he will be our center forward this Sunday,” said the coach of the Balearic team, who, however, did not want to reveal who will replace the injured Martin. Valgent. “I won’t tell,” he said. The replacement for the Slovak central defender could be Matija Nastasic.

Aguirre also does not want to reveal how he will set up his midfield, knowing that his five-man defense will not be shaken. “We have several alternatives, which we can change during the match,” he specified.

Regarding the fact that when Muriqi did not play (he did not do it in only three games since his arrival in Mallorca), the team lost, Aguirre believed that it was “just an anecdote”, although he recognized that the Kosovar “great help to us”. True to his speech throughout the season, the Mexican wants to remember that Mallorca “will not play with 10 footballers, we will play with 11; we can control it, while luck and what the referee decides, no; neither – neither luck nor referee decisions- train me during the week”.

When asked about VAR, Aguirre said: “The issue of how it happens is finally clear to me: the VAR referee forces the field referee to go to the screen when he thinks it is necessary, and this will make the final decision”.

According to their coach, Real Mallorca, this Sunday, will aim to “regain the path of victory and forget last weekend’s defeat against Elche, which shortened our streak of five consecutive home wins”.

For its part, in Real Sociedad, which flew directly to Palma from Rome, after losing this Thursday 2-0 against the Italian team in the round of 16 matches of the Europa League, the question is whether or not the team of Bailiff the effort. done in italic ground.

“I think they will recover,” said Aguirre. “They are here in Palma, resting and training in our facilities; I hope they will be fine, because they have good players like Oyarzabal, Silva or Merino”. “No matter what you say, it’s not a weak Royal,” he added.

Aguirre was full of praise for Imanol Alguacil, coach of the txuri urdin team. “Although I do not know him personally, for me he is a humble person, a fan of his club, a luxury for Real; I was told that Imanol always beat Mallorca in the six games played, although it’s just statistics.” “Right now, I think both teams are very intense,” he concluded.