The green and white coach Iván Ania visited the press room before the match against Sporting de Gijón this Sunday at 9:00 p.m. in El Molinón.
Iván Ania confirmed that Carlos Isaac would not arrive. “He won’t be available, the rest is fine. Martínez, in principle, is available. “He has a knock, but he will travel and be available.” He also recalled that Mati is not here yet “available because he suffered a relapse of his injury in Olot in the Copa del Rey and I don’t know how many weeks he has left to recover.” Lapeña will be available after being suspended for five yellow cards and missing the match in Almería.
The Summary option
Xavi Sintes left a good feeling in Almería, especially in the first half. It is consolidated as an option for the rear axle. In the Asturian’s opinion, “he played a good match, it was his first opportunity as a starter and he overcame it brilliantly. In the first part he was right, focused, error-freewith fluidity in the game and winner of duels. He didn’t suffer behind fast players like Luis Suárez, he had a very good match for me.
The rival
Ania recalled the importance of getting ahead on the scoreboard during an away match. For him, “the other day we were close, sometimes we were not right in the last pass, other times the goalkeeper was right. We have not yet managed to get ahead in the table display as a visitor, being in front is always positive, not being behind Play more calmly, with the ball,. this feeling is what we needI hope this happens at El Molinón. We are going into difficult terrain, we are going to go there with this intention, we improved at the start of the match. “We have to grow from minute 0 and extend the taste in the team’s mouth in the first half in Almería.”
mental theme
The Asturian admitted that after the match against Almería, “I wasn’t injured, I was screwed up, it always happens after matches. Throughout my journey I went through phases, before the results no longer affect me, then I was able to put the importance of the result into perspective. This year, it’s true that I am at a point where I have regressed a little compared to what I had already overcome. When we win, I’m very euphoric. When we lose, it affects me a lotbut that’s the life of the coach. Maybe I’ve lost more matches than I’ve won, but I have to keep trying to reach that mental moment, when I achieve it I’ll be much calmer no matter what happens with the final result. The other day we went two different teams, and that’s what worries me“In the second half we made some mistakes that penalize you, but we are competing with them and we have to contain them.”
I am the reference for the players, you are the coach, the one who must transmit, we must reinforce the positive, we are capable of competing with anyone. Also influence the negative through self-criticism to grow as a team. The moments of the game are important, You can lose, but you can’t leave the match, I didn’t see that we had this capacity to react.