The coach of Valencia, Ruben Barajaexplained in the press conference before the match against Atletico Madrid that their rival is a strong team in MetropolitanTherefore, the mindset of Valencia fans goes to being brave and believing that they can achieve good results away from home.
“It will be a difficult game, because it is against a good rival, but we will find our game, be competitive and have a chance to score. This is a team that does not give you many chances to score, great they defend, it is difficult to find error situations because they are very solid, but We will try to find ways to put them in difficulty and we are convinced that, if we do several things, we can put him in trouble,” he said.
The coach from Valladolid explained that the Valencia He needs to be as competitive away from home as he is at home. Mestalla. “We have to push the games to the limit, be solid and do it as a team. This is one of the paths I can see more clearly. It has been shown that when the team competes well, it is done together”, he added.
“This aspect shows that at any time you can change the dynamic away from home and that is our ambition and challenge. We have to go with this mentality against athletic, although it is a difficult opponent. We’ve shown that we’re competitive in the fields we’re in, we’ve shown it in Camp Nou“, he says.
Besides, Deck of cards He stated about playing against the Madrid team that it was “special”. “This is a club that has evolved a lot, that has grown and spent ten years at the top of the table fighting for titles. he’Cholo Simeone He is a benchmark because his team translates what the coach wants and is looking for”, he pointed out.
“We have to assess it as if it were to happen here Valencia, that a coach will stay long enough to work. The game is an exciting challenge, we have the opportunity to do things well and make it difficult. They are a wonderful team, they play at home, but we will find our options”, he reiterated.
About edinson cavani and Jose Luis Gaya, confirmed that both are available for this Saturday’s game. “It was expected, to have both. Yes Cavani He is on the squad list, it is because we think he could be an option to play, we will assess whether he will start or not. When we study 11, we will see”, he commented.
Asked about the game system and if they can play in a 4-4-2 edinson cavani and Hugo Hard together, Deck of cards He said that they will not give anything away, that the system is not final and that they have several variants that will evolve based on what they see on a daily basis.
He also told a story Nico Gonzalezabout which he said he had a place to play Hugo Guillamón. “He has the qualities to play six and eight. He has a journey, he has football, he has quality, last pass, continuity in the game… He can play in both positions, he is a positive six or eight”, he explained.
The Valencian coach reiterated that the team has not done anything spectacular, as there are still many games left and he considers that the most important thing is to focus on each game.
“We realized that if we are solid, support and work as a team, we can compete against any team and it gives us a chance to get out of a difficult situation. If we think that by winning two games we everything can be done, it would be a colossal miscalculation. We have built up hope in these two victories, but we must not mistake hope for our reality”, he concluded.
Source: La Verdad
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