Bordalás: “My idea is to continue here, Murthy tells me that Lim is satisfied with me”

Get away from the controversies: “It’s not difficult because in the end it’s a very important match, a semi-final. We’re just one game away from a grand final and that’s what’s on our minds, let’s see if it’s a magical night for football and Valencianism”.

First title: “Yes, I’ve thought about it, but we coaches are forced to think about the immediate thing. Obviously, when you’re alone you always have beautiful dreams, you daydream and it would be nice to get that Cup. But well, right now we only think about Athletic “.

Double value of goals: “I like the new format better, the previous one should never have been there because we’ve seen great qualifiers decided by some punctual action received by the local team. I think that this way everything is more open, our qualifier is at 50%”.

State of Gayà: “Yes, there are possibilities that he will arrive. He has been working with the retrainer but the sensations are good, I have been talking to him and we still have two training sessions left. Let’s see how he is because the boy wants to be, he is our captain and let’s see How are you doing in the next two training sessions?

Goal: “I have it clear, on Wednesday we will see it.”

Change of drawing: “Each game is different, the match against Mallorca was important because of our poor dynamics and the 3-5-2 had already used it before. The casualties force us to change some things, we have had many injuries since the beginning of the season. Gabriel’s recovery It made me decide to play with three centre-backs, it’s a possibility.”

Club Sweetie: “I feel loved and respected at the club, honestly. By everyone: by the board, by the employees, by the fans… Regardless of whether or not we agree on everything else. That’s important regardless of that Valencia does not have today the potential or the possibilities that it has had historically”.

Winter transfers: “It always happens that the coach and the board don’t think the same way. That was already discussed at the time, now my players are the ones we have and we’re going to die with them.”

Peter Lim: “It’s been a while since I’ve talked to him, but well, I talk to Anil Murthy almost daily and he tells me what Peter thinks, what he talks to him about etc.”

Future: “In football you never know, anything can happen. My idea and my thoughts is to continue at Valencia, I’m happy and content. I’m surprised by the fans because from the outside they had told me that it was a complicated hobby and the truth is that I It seems fantastic, I’m super grateful. My fans have always treated me very well, but Valencia’s has surprised me, I didn’t expect it from this category. I don’t know if Peter Lim wants me to continue, I don’t know his level of satisfaction with me. Murthy conveys to me is that Lim is satisfied with me, and I believe him, I am obliged to believe my president. I am not worried.”

Athletic complaints: “I’m not worried, I’m not taking the hint. Each one uses the data partially. Since the first leg, Athletic has complained about the days off for both teams, they have data based on what they want teach: if we only look at the last day and do not look at the global. For example, in the period that exists in the round trip, the sections are equal. In fact, this weekend we will play Saturday and they will play Monday , so they will have two more days of rest than us, I would tell you that we have had worse rests and we have not complained. Each one uses the data as they want. I think that their complaints are a psychological game, they want to condition the tie. another day something very curious happened to us, in the 20th minute Mamardashvili saw a yellow card for wasting time, that had never happened to me in my life. They have unconsciously managed to influence that current of complaints and pressures”

Relationship with Marcellin: “Cordial and professional, he seems to me to be a great coach and he has my full recognition”.

Tension in the press room: “One can have a bad moment. A journalist can be wrong at a given moment and a coach too, we are human and we make mistakes.”

Change style: “It should be played longer, I totally agree. In the end, my teams have always applied high pace and I have always demanded agility and speed. The professionals I have had can corroborate it. I cannot control the criticism. I have earned the respect and recognition, if I’ve been a professional for so many years it’s because I’ve done something right. My teams used high pressure and the teams didn’t understand them and called me defensive, it’s something I can’t avoid. Now aggressiveness is a virtue for the vast majority and they no longer criticize me as aggressive because it is considered a good thing”