MADRID 2 Ene. (EUROPA PRESS) –
The coach of Valencia CF, Carlos Corberán, is “aware” of the current feeling of the Valencian fans, but he feels “firmly” that he is not going to “abandon” them at Mestalla this Friday against Real Madrid, and he was sure that they will to “grow” if they manage to maintain “the attitude, commitment and effort” that he has seen since his arrival to lead a team that must be “dedicated, whole, resilient and brave”
“I have just arrived at Valencia CF and, obviously, I respect all the debate that exists around it because it must be like that, but I also know the fans a lot. They know the importance they have with the team and they are as knowledgeable or more knowledgeable than me, and I know and I firmly feel that the fans are not going to abandon us. I know how much they have suffered at the moment, but I am aware and I feel that they are going to be there with us,” Corberán said this Thursday at a press conference.
The new coach ‘Che’ understands the tension that the Valencia fans breathe and therefore he does not like to “ask the fans for anything.” “We are the ones who have to give to the fans. For me the only important thing is to give them the best of ourselves and the fans respond when they see the dedication of the team, the commitment, the attitude that we want to demonstrate,” he said.
For this reason, by 2025 he asks you to “bring all of Valencianism the best joys and the best moments.” “I feel enormous pride and responsibility. I am aware of the moment in which I arrive and I am aware of the desire, the energy and the enthusiasm that I have,” he said.
The Valencia coach has been working in the sports city for “five days” focused on “taking advantage of the work” despite the dates. “I am in a hotel ‘close’ to the Ciudad Deportiva because the days are long. I know that the dates are family dates, but the responsibility that comes with the position of being a coach, and specifically this position of being a coach of Valencia CF, is high and that makes my ability to focus and my work maximum,” he acknowledged.
“Everything is recent. We have just started our process here in Valencia and now we are going to face all the LaLiga teams and we have to prepare each and every one of the games in the same way. Focusing on each one being the most important because It is the one we have in front of us. And from that perspective we have worked on it,” he highlighted.
Despite the little work time he had, the Valencian coach has tried to “optimize it to try to make the most of it as much as possible.” “We need to work to continue growing, we need to grow and work is what allows us to achieve it. Only with five days where one pays attention to what they can do after a period of inactivity and what they can do before a period of a game, well It leaves you with a small amount of space,” he said.
“I am a coach who is dedicated to working and who likes my main function, which is to train. I am a coach who gets involved in active conversation, regarding the evolution of the squad. I like to be informed about the evolution of the club’s perspective of growth. And my goal is to focus on my main function, which is to get the most out of the club’s players,” he said.
“WHAT I HAVE SEEN AT THE LEVEL OF ATTITUDE I LIKED”
Corberán thinks that if the team “maintains the attitude, commitment and effort” that has been shown in this short time, they will “grow.” “I have found a group that is difficult to evaluate or draw conclusions with only five days that we have shared. I have liked what I have seen at the attitude level and I am convinced that if we are able to maintain that enthusiasm, that effort, that energy, We are going to continue growing,” he stated.
Regarding the winter market, the club “is working” to make “progress”, although the coach maintains his “working mentality”. “Hopefully soon we can give news in that sense, but also as I told you in the presentation, the bulk is going to be the squad that we currently have. These are the players that we are going to have, and obviously any progress that occurs, they will be players that they come to add to the group of players we currently have,” he stressed.
“My mentality and my commitment is to get the most out of this group of footballers. A group that I think has suffered a lot and at the same time I think has learned a lot and I see them with a very good disposition to grow, to evolve and to improve. And that is the key. From there, there is a club’s work to improve and my objective is to take this team to the maximum of its competitive possibilities to continue growing and be able to consolidate our objectives,” he explained.
Regarding his first rival, Real Madrid, he recalled that he showed his support in an “emotional and special” way with the province of Valencia after the consequences of DANA. “For me, all of Spanish football turned around and showed signs of support. I followed the show of support from Real Madrid from a distance. I think it was the solidarity of the country, it was present and specifically, for me, soccer paid tribute a special and correct way to the Valencian people and it is something to highlight. It is a gesture that is evidently appreciated and valued,” he highlighted.
For this match, Valencia will have no positive “news” about the injuries because “they are of prolonged duration and are in the recovery process.” “For me the game is an opportunity to grow, to express ideas, to demonstrate that commitment and energy with which the team has trained and carry it out onto the field. That is how I perceive it, as an opportunity to get closer to being the Valencia that we want to be,” he assured.
“The key as a team is to know what we want to be on the field, how we want to play and above all how to compete. I want a dedicated, whole, resilient, brave team. I would tell you that these are hallmarks that I want Valencia CF to manifest in a party,” he said.