MADRID, 15 Ene. (EUROPA PRESS) –
The RC Celta coach, Claudio Giráldez, confessed this Wednesday that they can look “from face to face to any team”, such as Real Madrid, their rival this Thursday in the round of 16 of the Copa del Rey, regardless of the “scenario” , in a match that will feature a recovered Marcos Alonso, as well as Fer López and new signing Jones El-Abdellaoui.
“We can look at any team face to face, in any scenario. We have to minimize our mistakes that are costing us dearly in terms of points, we obviously know that when we are at our best level we are going to have opportunities and chances to win the games,” said the Galician coach in the press conference prior to the round of 16 match against Real Madrid.
Giráldez believes that the Galician team has “50 percent” of chances to pass the tie, “like any football match.” “Beyond our numbers, our feelings make us say that we have arguments to be able to compete against anyone. What better scenario than a match at the Bernabéu against Real Madrid in the Copa del Rey to improve in all aspects and strengthen ourselves in all aspects “, he stated.
One of the keys, for the coach of the Vigo team, is the first minutes, “how they can arrive and the stage”, so they must “get into the game quickly.” “We know that there are many players who have probably never played at the Bernabéu and that they have to adapt quickly, that they are powerful especially when they are ahead because of the ability they have to run spaces,” he said.
“I think it is a team that, when it plays at 200% and has a good level of energy and a level of motivation and daring, is very dangerous, with very good players individually and hopefully we can make them run after the ball , minimize their offensive potential, try to reduce the shortcomings that they have like any team,” he analyzed the whites.
Giráldez speculated about Real Madrid’s possible approach, although it probably “will not be the same” as in the league match, because “the scenario is different.” “Yes, there is a different connotation for being a eliminatory. Our model changes little, there are always adjustments as there are in all matches in terms of occupation of space, in terms of who is going to jump, who is not, where is going to come out, Tomorrow you will see it,” he highlighted.
“They changed the drawing a lot during the game itself and we are also going to see what they do, how they arrange themselves on the field of play, if they continue with the plan of what they were doing lately in that 4-2-3-1. In this case “Being a eliminatory, everything is always a little more on the surface,” he reflected.
In the call for the match, he confirmed that Marcos Alonso, who “has recovered very quickly”, is coming in, as well as Fer López and the new signing Jones El-Abdellaoui, who is making his debut in a call.
Giráldez took the opportunity to acknowledge that he was wrong last weekend with his statements regarding the refereeing of Cuadra Fernández. “Sometimes when finishing a game with such a quick interview, once you finish and with everything that happened in that game, which was a game in which a lot of things happened, I think I was wrong, I didn’t have to judge what does a professional and I will try not to do it again,” he said.