Girona wants to turn the page on the defeat against Zaragoza with a victory this Monday, in Montilivi, against Real Sociedad B. The rojiblanco team has enjoyed a long week and will play knowing that the teams that occupy positions of direct promotion, Eibar and Almería, have not won this day and Las Palmas, seventh, did not either. In this way, the duel against the Donostiarra subsidiary is marked in red by the locker room because it is a golden opportunity to establish themselves in the playoff (currently four points ahead of Las Palmas) and only six behind Almería, second. Míchel has offered this Sunday at noon the press conference prior to the duel and he is optimistic. He has four casualties: Sarmiento, Terrats and Kebe, due to injury, and Pablo Moreno, who is ill. Borja García returns after his two game suspension.
Ups and downs: “The team is doing very well and tomorrow we want to win the game. We have Sarmiento, Terrats and Ibrahima Kebe out due to injury. Pablo Moreno will also not be available because he is sick. The rest are all fine.”
Results of the day: “Yesterday’s results are very good for us. If we want to look up, we have to win, just as if we do it backwards. Look where you look, you have to win.”
The work week: “We have done self-criticism and I also have to improve a lot. The team can have a bad game like the other day and that’s it. The next game is very important for us and we have to win a lot of games to think about going straight up or making the playoffs”.
Royal Society B: “They are a very good team, for me their position in the standings is not in line with their performance on the pitch. We have to win the ball because they have a lot of possession and it is a team that is failing a lot in the areas. But it is always a team that plays very well and is the protagonist. I agree with Juanpe that it could be a cheating match. We will have to have a great match to win. They play very well and have the ball with success. But in the areas they have not been successful, it is their problem. Their statistics are better than those of other teams in the category”.
self-criticism: “When the team plays badly, I am not well. I think of my responsibility. Everything that happens on the pitch is my responsibility.”
Borja Garcia returns: “The team needs a break at times and Borja is a player who has the ball very well and with criteria. For us he is a very important player”.
Play knowing what your direct rivals have done: “The important thing is our game, but yesterday’s results, for example, were very good for us. We have to win. I think of direct promotion and it only remains to add three by three all the games that we have left. With 79 points we could be in the fight, even if it is difficult. This has to be the challenge. The good thing is to know that we have no margin of error above or below. It’s a beautiful challenge and we need our people, our fans. We have three games left at home and the nine points from home have to be and away we will play everything for everything”.
Match against Real B: “I expect a game in which sometimes we will feel dominated. I want to be a team that does damage, is vertical. If they dominate us, I don’t want to have the feeling that we are terrible. Real B can dominate you and you have to know how to deal with it as a team and at home. The idea is to go for them, have possession and be close to the rival goal. I need players who know how to suffer even if you are far from the rival goal. I need great maturity from the team and that’s why I think there are players who have to be on the pitch tomorrow”.