The coach of UD Las Palmas, Xavi García Pimienta, asked his players for “personality” and “verticality” on Friday during the visit to the Mestalla to face Valencia CF, and for the majority of veteran players to “pull the their gallons” to overcome rivals with the youngest squad in LaLiga EA Sports.
The Catalan coach is confident that his team will have “more attacking options” than the home opener against Mallorca (1-1), although he is suspicious of the youth of the opponent because, as he recalled in a press conference, he managed to beat Sevilla in Sánchez-Pizjuán (1-2).
Pimienta believes it will be a “different game” from the one facing the Balearic team, but just as “demanding” against a Valencia “who want to win in front of their fans.”
In addition, he believes it will be “motivation” to play in a stadium like the Mestalla which he expects to be “full”, because if they want to reach the First Division “it is to play this type of game and in these scenarios. “.
One thing they “worked out” during the week was trying not to make a set piece mistake again because of the “height deficit” they had in the squad. For this, in addition to offering “greater opposition” to the auctioneers and being “more committed”, he considers it important to “give some set-piece options”, because what they experienced against in Mallorca should serve them “as an experience. so he doesn’t go back to what happened”.
The Barcelona coach assured that he will be able to use some of the new signings such as Julián Araujo, Mika Mármol and Munir El Haddadi, even starting from scratch, but he admitted that Franco-Congolese midfielder Omenuke Mfulu “is not yet ready ninety minutes”, although he already has some in the rivalry against the Balearic team.
Pimienta, a supporter like many other colleagues of the profession that closes the market before the start of the competition, hopes that the signatures that are still to come – a central defender, a midfielder and a striker- “will be there as soon as possible period”, although they will not arrive in time for the clash in the capital of Turia, where they will travel this Thursday afternoon, after the last training session in Ciudad Deportiva.
Source: La Verdad
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