Córdoba coach Iván Ania went to the press room before the match against Malaga, this Saturday, at the Arcángel. He spoke about the last matchday against Elche and admitted that “we analyzed the match. For me, we are well into the game“In the first twenty minutes we adjusted our pressure, we conditioned them, we were able to cause losses, but in the transitions we did not create opportunities.”
From those 20 minutes, “they started to find the right players, to have the ball, they sank us, we recovered it and we lost it. In the second part, the same. With the change of system you take a higher risk“We were able to score a goal and even generate another, there was more presence in the opponent’s area, but we had to take the risk of playing with three central defenders to come back.”
For him, “that’s football, last year we started almost the same, we have two options. EITHER move to plan B or strengthen plan A. Last season we believed in what we were doing and it went well. The difference is that the demand is now much greater. Last year we had the respect of the category, this year we have to earn it with results and identity, so that when someone goes to see Córdoba, they know what they are going to find. And that of the referees. Ania highlighted a questionable yellow card against Álex Sala in the match against Elche.
Regarding the fans’ concern, the Asturian said that “in football you go from one situation to another in three days. If we beat Malaga now, we will have 4 points and no one will remember the previous three games. What I think is not positive is negative. “I’m going into tomorrow’s game with the idea that we’re going to win, thinking otherwise is weakening yourself, the most limiting thing a person has is their brain.”
He did not hide his cards and affirmed that there would be changes in the eleven. Regarding a possible change of scheme, he said that “we have this possibility, the other day we ended up playing with a line of threebut you have to work hard, you have to have foundations, the most offensive team in the category is Castellón and they play with three defenders. It’s not a defensive formation, it depends on the wings. If you put full-backs, you’re more defensive, if you put wingers, you’re more offensive.
He had time to talk to Diarra and acknowledged that “it is obvious that we miss him, he had very different characteristics, he gave us a lot of advantages, not only in the number of goals, but also in what he provoked in the game.” We must also think that in these three days we are missing two players who have been very important, Isma Ruiz will be available tomorrowThis is good news and we are aware of where we are penalized, you try to minimize these errors.
Today he does not have a fixed central pair. “Sometimes there will be one, sometimes there will be others. Marvel gives us other qualities, he has a lot of speed behind him or on the pitch, we also have two left-footed central defenders that not all teams have. I think it is quite positive, depending on what we need we will place one or the other. The important thing is that they are connected and that they feel important, Sintes can even play a 6he’s done it for a large part of his career, it’s one more alternative,” Ania explained.
Furthermore, he asked for the support of the fans, saying that “confidence is the most important thing for the players, that they do not go out on the pitch stressed, I do not know any player who improves in an opposing situation. If I face it and it does not work, do not whistle at me. Let them encourage and cheer me on. And this is said by someone who is on the bench with force, but the supporters are aware of the stakes.
The rival
Regarding Malaga, he commented that “we are two recently promoted teams, sisters in hobby, we have already faced each other, but football is a matter of details. The other day they had one less, Albacete misses penalty and they are capable of winning. The feeling would be different if the penalty had gone in and they equalized or lost the game. A team in similar situations to the newly promoted, we have to adapt to the category, we have a lot of rookies in the category.
Malaga have conceded one goal in their three games because “the rivals they face are better, it is difficult to keep a clean sheet. They have an excellent goalkeeper and They reinforced the attack zone. A good group that will make things difficult for us, but I don’t feel like it’s any less solid. “Here, if you make a mistake, they penalize you. Last year, it was different.”
