David López, first captain Espanyol, has left this Wednesday to speak loud and clear as he is always usual. Y step forward to defend the locker room. After the recent bad results of the blue and white team, a bump that has caused them to have dismounted from the direct promotion places, the captain asked tranquility to the fans, understand the prevailing nervousness but it ensures that there is the conviction that the promotion will be achieved.
“I understand the criticism. They are normal. We all want to be leaders and win every game. In the name of the dressing room, I think it was time to show up. Perhaps people want deeds and not words; they want us to go up to First
. I trust the locker room, on the coach; we are doing things well, we train incredible, physically we are in one of the best moments. And we will achieve the objective, for sure ”, assured the captain, excited in his first words.
He considers that it was time to come to the fore. “I think that on behalf of the dressing room you have to show your face. I know people are tired of listening to us. He does not want words, but facts. And climbing comes first. I come out to show my face because I trust this team, the coach and that we will achieve the goal. I want to convey tranquility, calm, since there is still a lot left. We are convinced that we will achieve the objective ”, he repeated.
He has also taken the opportunity to thank the support of the fans: “I want to take this opportunity to thank people. It is normal for them to criticize us, but then the fans are on Saturday making receptions that they do not do to other clubs in Spanish football. We are with them, we thank the Curva, the Youth and the Federació de Penyes ”, insisted David López.
The midfielder did not avoid making self-criticism of the mistakes that have precipitated the bad results, but he also praised the things that in his opinion, the team is doing well. “One of those things to improve is the feeling of fragility in some moments, but that is caused because we do not close the games. And that can lead to lack of concentration ”. But he also stressed that “sWe are the second team that receives the fewest goals and the third or fourth with the fewest shots received. They generate almost nothing for us and mark us little. We are the team with the highest defense. Sometimes it is the sensations, if we had scored the second we would have more peace of mind ”.
David insists in which everything is corrected “training. We are not doing so bad for everything we generate. We improved compared to the start, although the first lap was very good. We should have won the Rayo game, that duel was key ”.
He acknowledges that after the draw in extremis against Mirandés in a bad game, the Parakeet dressing room was touched. “We arrived from Anduva annoyed at three in the morning. We suffer a lot for the fans and so do we. It was a hard blow. But Mallorca or Almería have also failed on this last day. The League is very competitive and even. Affordable there is nothing and less in the second round. You have to win one or two games again to get our dynamics back ”.