“Being more solid in defense does not mean playing behind”

Green and White coach Iván Ania visited the press room before the match against Albacete. Sunday at 9:00 p.m. at Carlos Belmonte.

No points at home

For Iván Ania, “it is obvious that we are stronger as locals, the results say it, the score says it. The external feeling regarding the game is good, acceptable. In many moments, not in Elche, we were superior to the rivals, we overpowered the rivals, but in the mistakes we conceded and once you concede, the game changes completely, both in Elche and in Miranda and in Huesca, where we were I lost three zeros and I had the feeling that they had barely set foot in the box. we must be more solid defensively“Even if that doesn’t mean that we have to play more withdrawn, far from it, we have to have more defensive intensity.”

The victims

The Asturian coach confirmed that “today we have the certain loss of Kuki Zalazar and we will recover Martínez”. There are several players that we are waiting to see if they can arrive (Mati Barboza, Carlos Isaac, Adilson or Calderón). About Kuki He commented that he was recovering from his injury and participating with the group. We hope to have him available as soon as possible, but we don’t want to force him and cause him to relapse. “It’s a calf muscle injury and we have to be careful, I hope he can be here soon because he must be an important player.”

System change

He was asked about a possible system change, although he said “systems are a starting point and then players move on.” Within the same system, it depends on what player profile You can be more offensive or defensive. We played several times as an inside three, with a pivot and two inside players, but the one on the left was Jacobo, who acted as playmaker. Other times you play with two insides as midfielders of the field, during the match against Ferrol with Álex Sala and Genaro. However, solutions must be found to obtain results outside the home.

The rival

According to him, “it’s a good team, capable of dominating and not uncomfortable if they feel dominated like in Elche. He has clear ideas, he has an inner game. It also has many variations and the results mean little to me because I analyze the matches without looking at the result. There are times when you are superior to your rival and you cannot win matches and other times when you are inferior and you win them. I look at the proposal, whether they are lobbying or not, the system, etc. They have just suffered a major defeat at home and will want to turn things around. They will come out strong from the first minutes and we will have to manage them well. You have to enjoy your moments.

without speculating

Iván Ania made it clear that “we will win as we do in all areas, but it depends on the evolution of the game. There are times when a draw is not bad, anything that involves adding outside is always good. In this case we have two away games in a row, Albacete and Granada, but we cannot think about Granada. We must first think of Albacete. We have an idea, we have characteristics, a way of playing, which sometimes harms us, but there are many other moments which benefit us. We must achieve this balanceto this balance between this penalty and the strength it gives us, a balance between the goals for and the goals against.