The coach of UD Las Palmas, Xavier García Pimientawill make rotations in this Wednesday’s Copa del Rey match against CD Tudelanoin Navarra, not only to give the usual starters a rest, but because he believes that all the players in the squad deserve to “participate more”.
Therefore, the goal of the yellow team is continue advancing rounds in the cup competitionafter eliminating Manacor, from the Third Federation, in the first round, and now they will face one who will compete for the top positions of group 2 of the Second Federation.
The coach of the yellow team announced in a telematic press conference, before a final training session where he will outline the game plan, that the Central defender Juanma Herzog will be one of the new additions to the starting lineup which will have many new faces with respect to the first image of each day in LaLiga EA Sports.
The Catalan coach believes that there are many players in the island team “who deserve to play” and at the Ciudad de Tudela stadium they will have the opportunity “to show that they are ready and trained to do so in this group.
Now, Pimienta revealed that there will be some changes with respect to the beginning eleven that they beat Manacor in the previous tie (0-3), but what will not change is the idea of ”going out to win” and advance to the Copa del Rey.
“I want to play during the week and pass the highest qualifying round possible so that all players have a chance to compete,” he explained.
How does Tudelano play? Pimienta does not trust a Tudelano who they studied, with the idea of playing “with the ball from behind” and who was having “a very good time.” The coach of the yellow team remembered that his counterpart on the rival bench, also a Catalan Oriol Rierais a footballer he trained years ago at the FC Barcelona youth academy: “We’re getting old,” he joked.
Riera made that clear He has no intention of “changing the method” and wants to “continue to do the same strategy” that they have developed throughout the year and that has given them good results, keeping them at the top of the table.
El Tudelano, from the Second RFEF, had no intention of abandoning the offensive strategy this Wednesday in the second round of the Copa del Rey against rivals four categories higher in Unión Deportiva Las Palmas.
The rival, he pointed out, is a team that “has a lot of possession of the ball” and “it drives you crazy” so “if you don’t have patience it will bite you and getting into situations where they are very comfortable.” The match, he commented, was approached with “a lot of enthusiasm” and as it was televised, it was an opportunity for the players to “let themselves be seen and perform everything they do against a more professional teaml.”
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Source: La Verdad
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