Diego Martínez: “Sevilla is already the champion of their League”

Diego Martínez maintains the ambitious speech and hopes to see the best version of his team also at Sánchez Pizjuán. There, Granada will play their 52nd game of the season this Sunday. Salvation is already a fact, but in Los Cármenes they do not rule out fighting for a European place until the end.

Sevilla, candidate for the title: “Sevilla are already champions of their League. You see the classification with six days to go and get 17 points out of fifth, that in itself, and with the three teams ahead of you, it's a tremendous success. The League is competing and everything that comes to them I think falls into the terrain of the extraordinary. They are brutal numbers and sensations ”.

How can you get hold of Sevilla ?: “It is a team that is at a magnificent level. He has a tremendous regularity and they have added 19 of the last 21 points and beyond the result, his feelings are very good. They are games where the error is penalized very dearly, you must be very effective and we are facing a United type rival, Naples type, from the upper part, with a lot of quality at an individual and collective level ”.

Stay tied: “Virtuality does not exist in football. As long as he is not mathematically … 42 points are a very good score, but in football it is or it is not. We have been in the top ten all year. Few times has the team been so liberated in sensations and in play, not that yes in fatigue. It is true that we are very tired, that is a reality. Tomorrow we face match number 52, today the players who played the other day have barely been able to train and even those who played less drag accumulated fatigue, but motivation in this team has never been a problem. We always want to improve. This team always competes in any circumstance. The sensations, beyond the tiredness, are very good and very exciting against such a powerful opponent and in such a beautiful setting as Sánchez Pizjuán ”.

The bands of Sevilla, very strong: “We have an idea in mind, a plan, but the important thing is what we are capable of doing on the pitch. We are going to have to do an A-G or honors match, that's the ambition and the illusion that we have. Be effective, be organized, know that you are a rival that collectively demands a lot from you, that manages many resources and that is capable of playing with different systems, is able to run, attack organized, has precision … We are going to have to do many things well , but with that illusion we go. The ambition of this team is always to improve and that is what we want ”.

Changes in the eleven: “There have always been variations from Thursday to Sunday, it is the team line. We trust everyone, it is true that we have touched players, we do not know exactly who we will really have to enter from the beginning. Those who come out are going to do well. They have all brought us here and made us live extraordinary moments. It is being a season as demanding as it is beautiful and stimulating for everyone ”.

Lopetegui's praise for Granada: “Lopetegui is leaving his mark on Sevilla and that is very difficult due to his successful track record in recent times. Julen is achieving great success. I would dare to say that they did not continue in the Champions League because they were not successful in the first 25-30 minutes of Dortmund, in which they were at a sensational level. I see them consistent, I see them confident, with rhythm… We are facing a team that is particularly well at the moment. They take 17 points to fifth and competing for the maximum. In itself it is a success in a team that is full of very good players both in quantity and quality ”.

Luis Suarez: “He's really looking forward to it, like Domingos Quina, Fede Vico, Adrián Marín… They all really want to play and compete and they have shown it throughout the year.”