Cristian: “The victory in Alcorcón was an adrenaline rush”

The defeat suffered a week and a half ago against Ponferradina brought out the most severe side of Sergio Pellicer. The coach aimed directly at the dressing room, with whom he had a very serious talk after the match. One of those who played that match at the beginning and who stayed on the bench this week in Alcorcón was Cristian Rodríguez. “After the game we had a meeting with the coach and we talked about it. It was not the image we wanted to give. I think that a sometimes a wake-up call is good for us. It was a difficult defeat, but sometimes these defeats make you stronger. But we weren't going to go down against Ponferradina and we're not going to go up now. You have to try to be calm. In Alcorcón we managed to win a game that was not easy”, Explained the Jerez man in the program Malaguista Area of ​​101 TV.

The three points achieved in Santo Domingo have relieved the Blue and White squad, who had six games without a win and some doubts were accumulating around the team. “When the results do not accompany you, it is true that the situation is more complicated. You think that nothing comes out, that everything goes wrong. And that's when you have to have the most tranquility. We needed to win anyway. Now comes Zaragoza, which comes on a winning streak. The pineapple at the end of the game? We came from complicated weeks. How we got the victory was an adrenaline rush and gave peace to the team. We needed this tranquility ”, added the '7' blue and white.

Cristian also spoke of the problems that the team is accusing in its matches in La Rosaleda, where he has only added 11 points out of 33: “Many times we have been penalized for things, circumstances that we cannot fight against. The fans would help us, there have been penalties and plays that with the fans would have favored us a little more. The fans squeeze a lot. La Rosaleda is one of the most beautiful stadiums I have ever been to ”.

The midfielder has acted both as a pivot and as a midfielder this season. “Where I feel most comfortable is midfielder, the coach puts me as a midfielder many times and I try to do my best. They ask me to have peace of mind with the ball and more success and much more punch, “he explained.

The media arrived on loan last summer from Extremadura and its relationship with Málaga expires on June 30. But he tiptoed over the topic of his future: “Here i am delighted. My team is Málaga, next year I don't know because I don't know where Extremadura is going to be nor what he will want from me. I'm very happy, I think of the present. The future does not matter to me, I am going to enjoy the rest of the year because it is practically the year that I am enjoying the most. Next year I will think with the family what is the best and welcome it ”.

Cristian Rodríguez also highlighted the teammate who has surprised him the most in this first half of the season at La Rosaleda: “I stay with Ramón. It is the one that has impressed me the most so far. I get along very well with him, I speak every two to three with him and tell him to be calm, that he is very young and that his feet are on the ground above all. Let him try to grow game by game and not think about the afterlife, that everything will come with ease. Ramón has surprised me a lot and very well. I have been told that he has gotten stronger, that last year he was a little weaker. This year seems incredible to me, He is very young and has a lot of football left. He has to improve many things, but the conditions he has are incredible and the peace it transmits to the team. I am very happy for him, he works every day and he enjoys this very much ”.