The goalkeeper of Elche Edgar Badía assured this Tuesday that his team is aware of the potential and the difficulty of visiting the Real Madrid, but he specified that the Elche team has already shown that it can compete against any rival in the category.
“The Madrid is fighting for the League and I live in the Champions. He has tremendous potential, but we will go for the three points as against any other rival ”, said the goalkeeper to the club's media.
The Barcelona goalkeeper recalled that in the first round Elche managed to draw against Madrid (1-1) after a great game and that he even had the option to win on a free-kick on Gonzalo Verdú's last play.
Edgar Badía He stressed that Elche is taking in recent days “very important steps forward in defensive strength”, since the team is showing “compact and together” to limit the chances of the rival.
The Catalan goalkeeper was convinced that Elche will reach the goal of permanence and recalled that they still have “thirteen finals in which we are going to fight knowing that we can compete with anyone”.
The Barcelonian admitted to being “happy · with how things are going for him in his debut in the First Division, but he indicated that he will not be happy” if at a collective level we do not achieve the goal.
“I will try to continue at this level or improve day by day,” added the goalkeeper, who reiterated that he “misses” the fans from Elche.
“We have won the last two games at home, but with them we would be much stronger. We will leave our skin to achieve the goal. There is still a very nice joy to give him ”, he concluded.