Jose Luis Mendilibarcoach of Sevilleis trying to stay calm after the impatience that surrounds the current situation of the Andalusian team, which has added only 4 points out of a possible 15 (it still has a game pending) and remains at the bottom of the table with the fourth largest budget in League.
On the eve of the visit of Almeriaunder the table, the Basque coach lost patience with some questions, although he always answered with respect, despite the fact that he said “what are we, in kindergarten? Okay, one more question…”
The Biscayan coach doesn’t care about the rumors and the need to win so as not to create nervousness in the club. “I’m not worried about myself. I’m of a certain age, I’ve been in football for a long time and I know how things work. I know that we have to win to continue this, but that’s not ‘Don’t either put pressure on me. I’m calm, I try to do things the best I can and try to put the players I think are in the best position. It’s not easy, because of so many games and tiredness, but I’m calm. I know us that we are in Sevilla, which has been used for many years. to win things and we are not winning now. We also come from winning, drawing and drawing. We have not lost in three games and let’s see if we do well by winning tomorrow,” he commented.
Mendilibar reflected on the style of play and the lack of possession, although the coach made it clear that the problem could be in the finishing. “Compared to last year, we lacked more finishing. And I don’t want to just blame the forwards, we all attack and defend. Goals can be scored by the wingers, the forwards, the midfielders, even the center midfielders and the defenders. when we make a strategy. The difference now is that before the two goals we scored one. We had difficulty scoring the first one. We were less aggressive. Last season we scored a lot goal from the opponent in our own goal. And that means we put a lot of balls from the area, and even if our players didn’t finish, our players were there because if not, the clearance of the opponent would be better. And I think that’s what happened to us,” he noted.
The lie of possession
In this sense, Mendilibar is clear about the style he prefers compared to other models and when asked about it he is clear: “What is playing slowly, what is playing calmly? Giving more passes? Playing two per hour, make ten passes in a nobody’s zone? We came from there in theory and what happened happened. There is no formula that tells you how to play less hastily. I think the only game we won, against Las Palmas , we have less possession of the ball, in others we have more.”
He also referred to the rival, an Almería that came as the bottom. “Almería has very good individuals. Maybe the coach is still new and they have not started well. They are taking concepts and it is difficult, but they are a team and a club that invests in players. They have great individuals and when they get what their coach wants, “They will do well. I hope tomorrow we will be better tomorrow and we can beat them.”
Source: La Verdad
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