Escudero: “The mental state will make a difference”

Sergio Escudero, one of the captains of the Seville, He affirmed this Saturday, after the first full week of individual trainings of his team, that in the return to the competition “what is going to make the difference is going to be the mental state” and the one that manages to get “more motivated and concentrated” .

After the eighth session of the Sevilla players, who began to exercise in their Sport City on Friday the 8th and they only rested last Monday, Escudero considered that the mental aspect will prevail in the resumption of The league, As for the physical all teams will have “time to prepare.”

“What the physical trainers say are all positive notes and now as a group we will try to train other facets and continue along this line,” he told The league and to the Seville media the left-back, referring to the imminent start of training by small groups, first, and groups, in the last phase.

The man from Valladolid was happy for the return to routine, after “the days that have been so long” of personal preparation in their homes, during almost two months of confinement due to the coronavirus pandemic, for which he was pleased that They have “been able to start now” and assured that they are “eager”.

According to the Sevilla captain, they are being “very hard training”, but “the expectations are good”, since “there is a good rhythm, good demand and it is the line” that he believes they should follow.

“What the footballer likes most is being in contact with the ball and being able to enjoy it. It was the most necessary thing,” said Escudero, who stressed that they are already focused on the derby against him. Betis at Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán, which “is the first game there is” and for which they are “psyched from the beginning”.

He admitted that they also await the resumption of the Europa League, which “at the most beautiful moment of the season was when everything stopped, just before playing against the Rome“the round of 16, and added:” it is a beautiful phase, a competition that sevillismo we love, and we are eager to do something nice. “

The side highlighted that, although they keep the safety distances, the locker room is still very close and that they even “made jokes” when training by video call.

“What costs the most is not hugging and being together, but in this team there are jokes every day. The good relationship that there is in the dressing room helps everything, in the good, bad and regular moments. The team has always shown that He is united and that is very important, “said Escudero, who also highlighted the attitude and help that the youth players now incorporated into the squad can provide.

On the comments that place him the next campaign in the Getafe, asserted that “these are things that come out”, although he does not know “nothing” and is “focused on the Seville“I've been five years, I have another here and the Seville It is my home. I am very happy and I cannot say anything else, “he stressed. Squire.