Jose Luis Mendilibar, The Sevilla coach made sure that he did not want anyone to complain about fatigue after playing against Manchester United on Thursday ahead of this Sunday’s match against Villarreal. The Andalusians, who won the Mestalla in the League before the great joy of eliminating the English giants from the Europa League, are in a good state of mind that should ease the physical wear and tear.
“I don’t want to talk too much about fatigue because I feel like I’m justifying myself. I wish I could compete in different competitions like this one. Seville now. Being in two competitions is what it takes, we won’t complain. People are still tired now, there’s just over a day left for the game and we won’t make a decision until tomorrow. Like other times you are more clear about who can play and who can’t, at the moment there are a lot of doubts,” said the coach in the press conference before the clash with Setién’s men, a Villarreal who he considers a good team. We will not change our style of play, we will want to maintain that and continue doing the same things. Villarreal’s game in theory favors us to do what we want to do, Cádiz does not favor us, because it plays more direct, and no matter how much you want to press up they pass you. Villarreal will want to start playing from behind, they will also want to pressure us and let’s see who will win there,” he said.
Mendilibar, who almost ruled out Marcao for the rest of the season, was asked by Suso. “If he wants to play more, he needs to run more than run, he knows that. He was a good footballer, in the beginning, nobody was taking anything from him there. He also knows that he has buts and he needs to improve on those buts, as a good footballer. If I want to play on the right to go to the left, then you have to finish more than the end of it. And when he does that, then compete to play, in that position, and if he doesn’t have to play with others”, he clarified.
And he also praised the moment of En-Nesyri: “You came here and he seems to think badly of you, more than this is Ramadan, my goodness, what has touched me … But then, he likes to be hurt, I peak. And before we arrived he also scored goals. I think he commented on it, I think he said ‘I’m going to score 20 goals this season’, I think he’s not far off”.
Source: La Verdad
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