Machín is worried about the expulsions

The coach of the Alaves, Pablo
Machin, has commented that the Albiazul team is working to avoid as far as possible staying with ten after the two expulsions suffered in the last two games.

“We try to make the players see that these situations hurt the team a lot, so we have to try to prevent them from happening, but also be understanding,” he explained. He recalled how “sometimes those who have to make decisions are wrong” and that players must also do so “with very high pulsations. “Footballers must know to what extent they can risk with a card and the coach also has to know them; to know who are more reliable in these situations and which positions have the greatest risk ”, he commented.

Real Sociedad and Real Madrid

Pablo
Machin assumes that his team now faces a series of three very difficult games, with Valencia, Real
Madrid Y Real
Society as next adversaries. “The calendar is what it is and you don't have to look much further,” he said. “The most important thing is the immediate game,” he said. Such a demanding phase comes at a time when it began to distance itself with the descent -three rental points-.

In the penultimate session before the duel, Pere
Pons Y Burgui they were the only absences. Neither Tavares He was able to train one hundred percent after returning from his call-up with the national team.

Valencia speed

The Alava coach ponders what variants to introduce to stop the weapons of the Che squad. “Most teams are more dangerous in transitions and this encourages even more the Valencia, because when they have spaces, the enormously fast footballers they have can shine ”, he warned. Therefore, being attentive so that the opponent does not easily win their back on the defense will be one of the keys to the duel. This circumstance, one of the weaknesses in the first days, has been corrected by the team in this last league stretch.