He revealed that for the dressing room “every game is vital. After this streak that we have without winning say something else does not fit. As bad as not winning is, we are calm because the team is doing many things to win. We are generating more to win than to lose and in more than one match we have deserved to win. I hope that next Sunday we can achieve the three points that we are resisting in 2020 ”.
Questioned by the departure of the sports director, Rocco Maiorino argued that “he took me with him in a spectacular way; like me, the other colleagues. Not a meter of us has been separated since preseason and has accompanied us on trips and in every training session. Every time we needed something it was there. The ‘presi’ has already spoken a little over his departure and we have to focus on the day to day. He is a very good person and he was always there to help us and that’s how I let him know when I called him; I told him to come to the locker room to say goodbye to the group because their relationship was very good. “
He did not speak with the same affection of the substitute, Luis Helguera, who, when he was the yellow technical secretary, encouraged his departure towards Córdoba, explaining that “these are the club’s decisions and I do not want to value it; nothing more to say”. But he was insisted and added that “I know him from the other era and each one is as he is. He knows the work he has to do and that we are all here to help us. The most important are the players and the only thing I ask of the club is to let the coach work as before in a magnificent facility. All I want is for us to win. ”
Asked about the bad relationship between Toni Otero, technical secretary, and Rocco, he explained that “their supposed bad relationship did not influence the group. Since preseason we are focused on the locker room having a good vibe and a good tuning. Their bad relationship and the things that could happen is only between them because we are out of it. Everything that comes from abroad we do not let influence us. Anything negative that comes out of the dressing room does not affect us and only that everyone is well, happy and helping to solve the problems that may appear. That is the only way I know to get ahead, despite this negative streak. ”
President Miguel Ángel Ramírez has said that he would love for Coach Pepe Mel to continue much longer because he is happy with his work, adding the defender from Arguineguín that “I would be delighted if he continued. Not only for him, but for the entire coaching staff. There is a very good atmosphere and the desire to reverse this bad streak. I have a very good relationship with him and today we are going to eat because the coach invites. Its continuity would be very good news for the team. He is betting on young people and taking out youth squads. As I said before, the work is good because despite not winning we are closer to winning than losing. We believe in the work you are doing and will continue to be so until the end. If it continues it will be good news for us and for the club. Despite this streak that we have, it is not normal for the coach to be ratified, and that shows that the only thing we all want is to win and change this dynamic. ”
Looking ahead to this Sunday’s game against Sporting de Gijón, he argued that “we have seen them play and they put a lot of pressure on us and strong. We know that El Molinón is a field where its people take them on the wing. We will have to try to make them an uncomfortable match where we must know how to manage the situation when we have the ball and when they have it, be stronger. The other day, against Málaga, they hardly had a chance and we finished one by one. We have to better manage and close the games; sometimes doing the ugly matches to get the three points ”.
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