Pepe Mel, coach of Almería, assured that he is “scared” of this match against Rayo because of the relegation that took place last week, although he admitted that it is “good” and until the end of the season he will evaluate the himself against himself in the games that he remains.
Almería, with a goal from the Honduran Anthony ‘Choco’ Lozano in thirty minutes, achieved victory in Vallecas against Rayo and deprived the Madrid team of proving permanence almost certainly.
“I am evaluating myself in these remaining games. I know that in the ten games that I will play, survival will be very difficult, almost impossible, but I have a lot of confidence in the work. In 29 days this team will never won and out of five he won twice, something that makes me feel a little stronger,” Mel said at a press conference.
“Because of the relegation, you don’t know how difficult this week is with the tense faces of the players. I was afraid of this game because Rayo is a team that does things well and if we are not strong we can go down. devastated but the result was good because we know how to interpret the game,” he commented.
The Madrid coach admitted that “it is very difficult to keep a team in the First Division if you concede more than seventy goals” and admitted that “the criticism is deserved.”
“Now let’s bow our heads and continue training and enjoying this profession, which is very beautiful, because the soccer players came here to enjoy their profession. They are good soccer players but due to the circumstances in our area we were relegated, he confessed. .
Mel, who coached Rayo between 2006 and 2010, acknowledged that Vallecas was “special.”
“I am from Madrid and I like Rayo because this feeling of ownership is unique. It is a source of pride to have a centenary and to see them in the First Division, when in my time we had to fight so that the team The fans don’t understand that I love them and “I feel loved,” commented Mel, who received a warm welcome from the Vallecas fans before the game.
Source: La Verdad
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