The Tenerife coach, Pepe Mel, said on Thursday that it was “a shame” to ask the fans for anything after the defeat in Granada, and reiterated that It is the football players who have to offer a performance on the pitch to receive support.
He added that in the upcoming match against Málaga there is a need to “wash the image” and add the three points to this Thursday’s match against Málaga at the Heliodoro Rodríguez López stadium, five days after conceding a resounding 4-0 defeat to Granada that worsened the crisis of the single bottom of LaLiga Hypermotion.
The Madrid coach appeals to the behavior of his team in home games, and gave as an example the victory against Cartagena (2-0) and the defeat, although there is a good feeling, against Zaragoza (2-3), to try to rejoin the fight to get out of the relegation zonewith an alarming distance of five points with respect to positions marking permanence.
He believes the rival has a “very specific structure from last year”, and hopes it will be an “intense, ambitious and courageous” team like this. your coach, Sergio Pellicerbecause “he knows the category very well and he knows how to perform in it.”
Mel admits the mistakes made at Granada, some of them “rude”, where they get “a good slap”is worried that the away performance will drop significantly now that there are some away games coming up, and also He made self-criticism as head coach, even in some decisions, such as leaving striker Yanis Senhadji out of the squad.one of the signings this season.
In addition, he apologized for those who may have felt offended by his remarks at the end of the game in Nuevo Los Cármenes, arguing that he used an expression “normal inside the locker room” but perhaps “said very poorly” outside. this. What’s more, he maintains that Coaches are required to “talk too much” each weekand sometimes in a “modified” state, right after the games, as happened in Granada.
Mel also pointed out Málaga, whom he coached during the fateful period in which they were relegated to the First Federationalthough he wasn’t with him on the bench, because he was dismissed then, and he made sure he didn’t see any parallels in the current situation of Tenerife, where he believes he has more confidence in what he says and he does, and even though the situation “may be ugly at the moment”, he is “sure” they will get through it.
“I could have done more at Malaga, in the end they got relegated, but he’s back in professional football and I took a weight off my shoulders; I think through the stadium, through the city and everything“Spanish football needs Málaga to be in the First Division,” he said.
As for the match, he did not hide that he had to “make changes” with respect to Granada, where in his opinion “neither the boys nor the coach” are at the level, and they should “draw conclusions from what happened to add three to threebecause this will give us confidence,” he explained.
Source: La Verdad
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