Manolo Gonzalezcoach of Espanyol, said today at the press conference ahead of tomorrow’s match against Mallorca that his rival “has top players who are also stable because they have been playing together for a long time” and He described his colleague Jagoba Arrasate as “top”. “Their work has a lot of merit and must be valued,” said the coach who promoted the Blue and White to the First Division last season.
Even if he has not scored in the last three days, Manolo González remains firm in his convictions and assures that “the team is convinced”. The coach has no doubt that the team “believes in what they are doing and sees that it has been three months since we were promoted and “We are capable of competing with teams like R. Madrid or Betis.” And he adds: “with what we do well, we can compete with them, but We need one more point to beat them”. However, he also does not forget that “we must minimize” the actions that end up costing points and “recover the efficiency that we had against Rayo or Alavés, for example”.
For this reason, he insists that he asked the players to “be bold, courageous and take risks in attack. We have to provoke these situations and be able to threaten in the rival area.
The coach states that “we face every game to win” and asserts that “we need to improve where we have a deficit.” We press well, we do things well, but There are variables that we still need to improve. We must lose the fear of failure. If we can minimize this series of things and improve performance, the team will take a leap in quality.
In this sense, he reiterates that, in his head, the only thing he has to do is win every game. “Tomorrow is no different from any other. Thinking about a final means thinking about matches like those of last year with Sporting or Oviedo. Tomorrow we have to win and Bilbao we have to do the same in the next start.
Del Mallorca emphasizes that “They have quality players and a stable squad, They have been playing together for a long time. For me, Jagoba is a top coach and he proves it. Their work has a lot of merit and must be valued.
