Emery: “You have to enjoy and compete against the favorite”

BARCELONA, 22 Nov. (EUROPA PRESS) –

The Villarreal CF coach, Unai Emery, has assured that in the Champions League you have to “enjoy and compete” and, against the “favorite” in the group as he has described Manchester United, he hopes to find a string of things during the match to find the way to triumph that puts the pass back on track, although a defeat may leave them in trouble.

“I hope a game in which we find many things that have to serve us as confidence, to reaffirm things, to make a team. This competition is to be enjoyed in addition to competing, we face the favorite. What more can we ask for?” at a press conference.

“We look for our way, and we have to go in the two competitions finding what we are and where we want to go,” said the coach of the ‘Yellow Submarine’, who wants to see the game against United that has led them to win the double game against Young Boys.

Of course, now the leader is measured. “We are going to face the favorite, even on points, it is true that tomorrow from victory to defeat there is a tremendous change but we face it with the enthusiasm and enjoyment that we must have when preparing the game and playing it and being with our hobby to live a great, special, beautiful and exciting day “, he qualified.

A Manchester United that has just fired its former manager, Ole Gunnar Solskjaer. “A substitution of a teammate, because as a coach one does not receive him well. Always with the utmost respect and knowing what football is like. I have faced Solskjaer with several teams, and I appreciate a lot of his career that he is a great person, even more than a great professional, “Emery said.

However, he does not foresee big changes in the English team. “I don’t think there will be changes, they need to win and they will be with extra motivation added to their individual quality and collective ability. They will be a very strong team, with a lot of power, with important players. We hope for the best Manchester, some aspects may change tactically. , but we have to be prepared to play against Ronaldo, Maguire, De Gea, Wan-Bissaka, Shaw, Fred, McTominay, Rashford, Bruno … Those are going to be on the pitch, “he warned his players.

“When there is a change of coach there is always a reaction, in one way or another. The players will be focused on them and they know that tomorrow will be a plus. The players will have to stand up for Manchester, for the coach who has been gone and for the one to come. Tomorrow’s game, for us, puts us in perfect condition due to demands and difficulties to see what we are capable of, “he added.

They run into United that they run into, he assured that Villarreal works to have opportunities. “We are going for them. We have to enjoy it and compete, say ‘here we are’, all this is the challenge posed by these opportunities. The more difficult challenges, the more they have to attract us. The team is aware, and I see very well working for the team. It’s a very nice game for me as a professional, for preparing to have arguments to impose ourselves and get closer to victory, “he said.