Fran
Merida will experience a special match this Sunday when he faces Osasuna, his former team (he was there from 2016 to 2020), in the 1/16 final match of the Copa del Rey at the RCDE Stadium (12 hours).
“Osasuna plays with very clear ideas. It is a team with many weapons, dangerous. We want to play a good game. The Cup makes us very excited. It will be a beautiful and attractive duel. We want to win ”, said the midfielder Parakeet.
Fran Mérida believes that Espanyol has wickers to give the chest a do in the two competitions: “We have a large squad and I see people eager to play. We will go out to compete and win. We are not going to give up anything in the Cup and we are prepared to face it ”.
In the wake of the cupbearer crash on Sunday, Merida has insisted in that “the Cup makes us very excited. It will be an attractive match with two teams of great level, above the category it will be beautiful because we both have talented players. It has all the incentives to be a great game ”, he emphasizes. Asked about the rojillos, the Barcelonian recalls that “they are in a situation in LaLiga and what makes more sense is to prioritize the fight for salvation, although I know them and they always compete, while we do not renounce anything “.
Fran Merida he was one of the undisputed in the double pivot in the first league games, but in recent weeks he has lost the title. By cons, is always playing in the Cup.
“I'm fine. A coach, when he makes an eleven and when things are going well, the normal thing is that he keeps the pieces that are working for him ”, assumes Mérida. The thread has no qualms about acknowledging that the team has been in good dynamics and I understand the coach. People are at a good level; I believe that I have also contributed with my best and worst days, and because I play less now, I do not feel less or more than before. I feel just as important within the group ”, he has sentenced.