Javier Aguirre, Mexican coach of Mallorca, declared after the victory (1-0) against Valencia with a goal from Kosovar Vedat Muriqi, that he will not “talk” about his renewal as technical head vermilion’s direction “until the end of La Liga”, despite the fact that his representative is holding meetings this week with the Mallorcan board at the offices of the Son Moix stadium.
“Nothing will be news. I have a daily conversation with the club, we have a good relationship and I will not talk about private things. Last year we saved ourselves with 39 points; now we are adding we are 47 with the possibility of increasing them. We have made a little leap forward and hopefully we will continue to strengthen the team in the First Division”, he explained.
The “Basque” admitted that he did not like his team in the first half, but in the second, and also admitted that putting South Korea’s Kang In Lee on the left side was “a mistake” of his.
“They were better in the first half. They had the attitude, the ball and the chances. We were confused and 0-0 was the best news. Later, the players were released and we got to know each other better. Maybe there will be a draw. I am best just because Rajkovic made a great save, but I’m happy for the fans,” he said.
“Nobody liked Kang’s position in the first half and that’s where I made a mistake. I limited him too much. Kang’s experiment didn’t work and in the second half (Lee returned to his natural midfield position) the team was better”, he added.
Aguirre explained that the next day against FC Barcelona at Camp Nou will not be able to count on Lee and Antonio Sánchez, to which must be added the loss of several injured players.
“To train tomorrow, we have 10 players, but even so we will field (against Barça) a well-known team, which competes,” said Javier Aguirre.
Source: La Verdad
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