“Highly strung? No. Motivated? A lot”. This is how clear and concise Manolo González, the new coach of RCD Espanyol, was at the press conference before his debut in charge of the parakeet ship, this Sunday at La Romareda (6:30 pm). A match in which, according to his words, Joan García will continue between the sticks for the third consecutive day and which may feature the return of Nico Melamed, who has been absent since October.
Party planning
“Various things can be seen. Every coach has his own way. As time dwindled, we tried to synthesize as much information as possible. “Four main things in level positioning and ideas that we tried to convey to the players”
Nico Melamed
“Talk to him, he’s good. Let’s see how the training went, I’m with the physios. His idea, what motivated me, was to help the team as soon as possible. “He wants to die until the end of the season.”
The purpose
“It’s pretty clear to me. Pacheco is not feeling well. I believe in the merit of each. “Joan is fine and Pacheco is not feeling well”
Puado and Keita Balde, on the wing or leading?
“Everything will depend on the scheme we use. There are times when we attack in one way and defend in another. “Both can adapt to the same position.”
The match he sees in Zaragoza
“A complicated match. Messy, new, charismatic, experienced…. Complicated, like everything. All games start with a difficulty and you have to overcome them. What we have to try is for the team to have an identity and go out to win tomorrow. My intention is always to go out and win. “We will go out to find the rival.”
The preparation of the match
“You have a reference from the coach -Víctor Fernández-. In the end it’s worth it or not. It may help if you can see the coach’s idea. I’m quite obsessive, I’ve watched them all. Table which situations are best to finish… We look at it all. Knowing that he is a new coach, we have to prioritize our idea.”
The found wardrobe and its early days
“I see they are receptive. I saw them doing well, training at a good pace and being aware. The first beneficiaries are them. Anger for the first two days, especially. But after the week is working normally. If today we have 50%, next week we will have a little more.”
Recover the best version of Puado
“Let those situations arise. I have a lot of respect for the coaches that came before. What you have to look for is that they have situations. Javi Puado has a choice or not. Javi is good, he is calm. He is a parakeet, he’s a local boy and he wants to finish the season.”
New coach, sure win
“I hope it’s Manolo González. I hope we are. This is the subject of many. The game has details, there’s a lot going on.”
A demanding debut
“I have been training for many years. It has a huge impact, but if I’m not ready I won’t take the team. I have played in La Romareda, in Mestalla… They are games that motivate me. All my life I have been working to play these kinds of games. Highly strung? Nope. Motivated? Many”.
Management of subsidiary players
“The first thing about the reserve team is that the guys have to have options to play. That’s what I think. If we raise Roger Martínez, he doesn’t play in Valencia – with the B team – and with us he has no options , it doesn’t make sense. It’s more important that they can play every week. The speed of the competition is not the same as the speed of training. “I’m not going to take a boy who goes with 23 players.”
Source: La Verdad
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