Álex Pérez: “We will play it in the next two games”

Alex Perez became last August the first signing of Unión Deportiva Logroñés for your first experience in professional football. The 29-year-old central Madrid came from Arminia, with whom he was promoted to the Bundesliga. “I came for contribute my experience, I feel very happy for the adaptation to the city and the club's commitment to me. After various adventures outside of Spain, I wanted to go back“, the defender, who had to comply with the harsh confinement in Bielefeld, explains to AS:” I endured it regulating there alone, but there is no choice but to adapt to the circumstances of the pandemic. ” was infected in January, when the coronavirus He entered the Rioja changing room, although he barely got over it with no symptoms: “I lost my taste and smell a bit.”

Formed in the Getafe quarry, with which he debuted in First and in the Europa League, He went through Huesca, Recreativo de Huelva, Valladolid and Sporting de Gijón, in the Second Division, and through Levski Sofía, in Bulgaria, North Carolina, in the United States, and Arminia, in Germany: “I did not mind signing for a recently promoted team in LaLiga SmartBank, I valued the planning and seriousness of the board, a competitive squad was put together and we all knew what the course awaited us: we are going to suffer for the goal of salvation” .

The Logroñés now faces two decisive matches to aspire to permanence: Cartagena, in Las Gaunas, and departure to Castellón, two direct rivals. The white and red are four points above the descent, which is precisely marked by Efesé: “We know what we are at stake in the next two games, we will leave our souls. After the six consecutive victories we are experiencing a bump, with mistakes and mistakes. We get together, we talk about it and we want to move it forward, with solidity at the back and with success at the top. We believe in our options. “Álex Pérez, a fundamental part of the last five games without defeat, signed a contract until 2022, so trust in consolidating the return of professional football to Logroño 20 years later: “I am proud to integrate a project with the ambition to grow in the category and look further into the future. I intend to do my bit, and hopefully things go well.”