Vicente Moreno is a winner. He always stands out after the games that “you have to build from victory”, that is why his first impressions after endorsing a 0-4 to Almería, third place in the previous year, are positive. However, the Valencian coach warns a week before the start of LaLiga SmartBank: “The result marks the reading of the games, but we cannot blind ourselves.”
For the Valencian, Espanyol offered two good faces, but he stays with that of the second half, where his team was more dominating, choral and balanced. This is how he expressed himself for Espanyol TV: “In the first half it was difficult for us, but the team worked well. The important thing is that when we don't have a good game we keep balanced and take advantage of the moments. In the second half we were better, we did what we said, and we were able to score more. “
Espanyol closed the preseason with a draw and a defeat against Huesca (1-1) and Cádiz (1-0), the two teams that were promoted directly to Primera, while they got drunk on goals against two rivals during the season, both in low hours: a Malaga in ERE (0-3) and an Almería with only two weeks of training (0-4). “We sign to win and then the game goes as we want. There is a need and a demand. We are a team. There is a will to win and work well.”
More succinct was Wu Lei, author of two goals in this preseason, against Almería and Málaga, one from the head and the other thanks to an uncheck into space. “We are in good shape and on the right track. There are good feelings. We have intensity and this year we will improve”, commented the Chinese player, who enters the coach's line-ups, who uses him as a forward or as a winger.