Quique Sanchez Flores, The coach of Getafe, said this Saturday in a press conference that his team, despite having achieved fifty percent of the points since it passed the halfway point of the course, was not able to break away from the relegation places because it dragged the bad result of the first round.
The coach of the Azulón team will lead his team this Sunday against Sevilla, a direct rival in the match that should not be relegated. Quique He spoke about the moment of his players, about the difficulty that will have the rivalry against the Andalusian team and has already known the first 19 games of Getafe cause he is currently in the Second Division positions.
“We got more than 50 percent of the points in the second round. We dragged the first round. The addition is not an indication that they will improve immediately. But winning changes our smile, our enthusiasm, we make the fans that participate in the hope for greater success in the future,” he said.
“We have the feeling that we have played in the finals for a long time. There are eleven teams from tenth to twentieth place. We are in a League in which every game is important. We don’t look at the other teams, we look at our ourselves. Let’s come with humility, be combative and tough and difficult for rivals”, he added.
Quique stated that against Sevilla he expected his players to have the “unconditional support” of his fans and explained that he had prepared his players’ “minds” so that they would not give up for 95 minutes.
“Sevilla is a challenge. It is a good team with an important squad beyond the uncomfortable situation in which they are. We know that we will demand, but we also want to demand a lot from the rival”, he commented.
When asked if Sevilla could suffer after playing against Turkish Fenerbahce in a week, he pointed out that Jorge Sampaoli’s team face up to three games in a week.
“We try not to see benefits in that. It’s one more game. In the end it’s a team that is prepared to play three games a week. We’re not going to trust ourselves because of that, we’re not going to think that we will have advantages. We will think that we will play against a rival that will put us in a lot of difficulties”, indicated.
“They change line-ups and drawings. The two competitions in which they play make changes. In any case, both teams will enter the game with an important mentality. We want to repeat the habits, beyond Sevilla game. We want to repeat our good habits, which have been consolidated over time. And we must continue to add importance to every situation on the pitch”, he pointed out.
Likewise, he made it clear that in addition to the eleven starters, the changes will be key in the clash: “I have a lot of faith in any player who can play. And we have a lot of eye on two players who can come . out in the second half because we believe that the contributions of the last twenty minutes are fundamental for an acceptable result. We put the focus there. Beyond that they come off the bench or the starting eleven, we want to revive them as soon as possible,” he said.
“In these matches the details are fundamental. Very important. As the rules are in current football, many things can happen. You have to be ready. The finals are played like this, paying attention to the detail,” he added. .
Finally, he referred to the 100 games he completed last weekend leading Getafe in three different stages and acknowledged being “very grateful” to the Azulón club for giving him the opportunity to add to that figure.
“There are 100 games accumulated from twenty years ago, when history began. What is important is the importance of every moment. First to make our debut in the First Division, then to give a boost to permanence, the last season is different and historic. I’m grateful to the players I had all the time, the president and the fans.”
“Last year was a very happy moment. Also the first year when we consolidated our permanence. It was not only happy for me, it has to do with the happiness of Getafe in the following 19 years, because it has known how to grow, ” he concluded.
Source: La Verdad
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