Gallego: “I'm happy with what I have, players everyone likes”

Sporting faces its first outing of the season with the illusion of being able to score a point in Tenerife, but its coach warns of the power of the rival whom he considers “a candidate to have a great season”. David Gallego says he focuses on the competition and does not look askance at the market because “I am happy with what I have, players who are liked by the coaching staff and the club.”

Gallego says he is not worried about the problems that the team showed in the set pieces in the league debut against Burgos. And he regrets the bad luck that Víctor Campuzano is having with injuries.

This is how the Sporting coach responded to all the questions that were raised in the press conference prior to the team's first trip.

Tenerife: “We are very clear about what we want and what we are going to propose. We have identified the behaviors of Tenerife. Convinced and excited to compete with a team that is very strong. It is a very good rival, very solid in defensive work, to which it is very It is difficult to generate chances in the low block. In the high block he is very aggressive in pressure. He has players who go well into space, who are very good technically and a lot of arrival on the wings. He is very complete and a serious candidate to make a great season. No I have no doubt that it will be up. “

Away matches: “Teams tend to score less points away from home. Last year it was like that. At home we were very reliable and away, not so much; but we got an average of points like the ones above. It costs a lot to win away from home in this category.”

Changes: “We have an idea and a model. The idea is going to be the same. We want to generate a lot and that we generate few. Our path to achieve it, you see. We will see what Tenerife, which also plays, allows us to do.”

Transfer market: “If no one else arrives, it would be complete. You can always improve, but I'm happy with what I have. We have a squad and players that the coaching staff and the club like. We are going to work with what we have to get the most out of it. . The rest are club things. Other people take care of the market. I don't have one eye on the market and the other on the competition. The market doesn't tell me anything. I get the most out of what I have. The players, while they are Sporting footballers, they are all treated the same, they know their situation and they have to be one hundred percent dedicated to what is being asked of them here. I have no complaints from any of them. “

Cesar Garcia: “He is a boy from the subsidiary, like others, we are following him and looking at what interests us. He is excited, wanting to get into the professional world. Whether we bet on him more or less will depend on the performance of other players out there. in the squad and the one he gives. I wish I could play with the more players in the house the better. That would mean that they are at a very high level. “

Campuzano: “It's very bad luck. Last year, after so much inactivity, we ran that risk. But this year he has had a spectacular preseason, doing the sessions with the most load without problem and the week we lower the load he has that little annoyance. It will depend on whatever the doctors say, but I don't think the loss will be prolonged. The muscular issues are very unpredictable, but the process is going very well. It is very close. It is not only that we need it for now, to have more players available and that there is more competition, but that he arrives in the best possible conditions to avoid another new injury. “

Equality in the category. “I haven't even considered it, I don't know what could happen. Last year there were teams with an abysmal budget and they showed it on the pitch, like Espanyol. There were other very good squads that didn't do that good season. I want to dedicate ourselves to us, take one more step, grow, be better than last year and see how far we can go “.

Pelayo Suarez: “He missed training due to discomfort in the tibial area. This week he has not trained either and will not be here to travel.”

Stopped ball: “It doesn't worry me. Last year we were the best set pieces at a defensive level. Of the Burgos game, it was the thing I liked the least. I had that feeling of uneasiness in every lateral center and every corner. It's not that we don't dominate it “But we do attach a lot of importance to it, we dedicate many hours to it and we work hard on it. I am delighted with the person responsible for the strategy and the attitude of the players. The team is going to be one hundred percent reliable.”