Diego Alonso: “A good opportunity to play a good game”

Uruguayan Diego Alonso, coach of Sevilla, He commented this Monday in a press conference that the Sevillistas “need” to add three points tomorrow against Arsenal at the Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán “for not being able to win the first two days” and “this is a good opportunity to play a good game.”

Alonso, who will make his debut as a coach in Europe’s top competition, recalled that he had “the luck of playing in the Champions League final with Valencia”, so seeing himself in charge of this tournament “will bring back good memories” that he hopes to “complete when the game ends adding three points.”

To do this, the Montevideo coach knows that “A lot of work needs to be done in all aspects” because “there will be a big rival in front of us” but he is confident of victory because “this group can win” thanks to its “quality and hierarchy” against an Arsenal that “until two days ago, was the leader of the Premier. “

Diego Alonso estimates that the English team has “footballers with good qualities and, in addition, they are well trained” by the Spanish Mikel Artetawho “has been in charge for a long time” and has built a “good team” where “we have to fight in all areas of the field to achieve a good result.”

The Uruguayan coach praised defender Sergio Ramos, “an important player for the club, who is “at the same level as Jesús Navas, Rakitic and Fernando”, because they are “four high-ranking footballers whose leadership makes the coach’s work easier.”

Finally, the Sevilla coach praised the French midfielder Boubakary Soumaré, that “the performance against Real Madrid helped this collective development” and that he defined as “a footballer who reads the imbalances in the defense and gives continuity to the game because he has a high percentage of passing success : he is a very talented player”, said.