Espanyol is facing the most important game of the season, a topic that this time the numbers make it true. If the parrots score points in Almería they will keep it at least ten points plus the goal difference with only 21 at stake, which would be a virtual promotion taking into account the circumstances. Vicente Moreno, on the other hand, continues to put on the brakes of euphoria.
“It does not change the discourse. If we win we will have three more points and we will be better, but we will not have done anything. We do not have to think about anything other than to play a good game,” commented the Espanyol coach, who does not want to pull the data or calculating, nor speculating on whether the good time for parrot and the bad time for Almeria will be determining factors: “The hypotheses are always positive. It is not normal that we have won so many in a row … It depends on how you look at it. They will compete well, they will make it very difficult for us and the above is worth little.”
The coach, who acknowledged that he has two or three players in the infirmary and that they are doubtful for tomorrow's list (Óscar Gil and David López among them), also wanted to have a few words for the fans. This Sunday the Youth will prepare a concentration at the stadium after training to accompany the team's coach to the airport. Moreno considers that “We all know what the fans are like, I did not expect less. People are excited because they see it close and they are an important part. We have had it on the street and we want to thank them. From the inside you have to be focused.”
For this reason, and always with a winning mentality, Moreno considers that “I am not signing the tie” and that the team will go to the stadium of the Mediterranean Games “with the idea of winning, we are going to compete … It's a beautiful game against a team that is going to make things very difficult for us, let no one doubt it “. In the first round, the Blue and Whites won 2-1 with a double from Raúl de Tomás.