MADRID, 10 Ene. (EUROPA PRESS) –
The captain of Valencia, José Luis Gayà, wished this Tuesday to “return to a final” and “lift” the Spanish Super Cup, which is played in Saudi Arabia and for which they must first beat Real Madrid in the semifinals, a duel that will need of his “best” football and level.
“We’ll have to play our best football to be in the final. We know the quality they have, with world-class ‘top’ players, we’ll have to be at our best level. The last time we were there there were a lot of Madrid fans and we don’t like that , but we accept it and we will have to fight against it,” Gayà commented at the press conference prior to the duel against the meringues this Wednesday (8:00 p.m.).
The last precedent in this competition dates from January 2020, when they also faced each other in the semifinals of the tournament and the whites “passed over” them (1-3). “They were far superior to us, we weren’t up to it. We’re going to fight and give it our all, I’m sure it won’t be like the last time. We’re very excited to be back in a final,” he said confidently.
From that last match in the tournament, only three players repeat in this call-up -Paulista, Diakhaby and Gayà himself-. A fact that the captain does not like, that he would prefer that there be a more consolidated “block”, but it is something that they cannot “control”.
“We are going to try to make tomorrow’s game a turning point. We come from two very painful defeats, so we want to change this situation. We have to go out to the death in tomorrow’s game, with the intention of winning, we face it with the maximum illusion. Playing the final would be super special. We are excited to be in another final, hopefully we can lift this title”, confessed the Valencian captain.
The team coached by Gennaro Gattuso comes to the duel after losing in the League against Villarreal (2-1) and Cádiz (0-1), a situation that “is not easy” for the squad. “But it is now when we have to be more together than ever. I think we should have more points than we have, but this is another competition, it has nothing to do with it. We are going with a lot of desire and enthusiasm,” he insisted, optimistic.
“We have analyzed everything that we are not doing well to improve. The team was being aggressive, we were difficult to beat, and we have to return to that line. The Cádiz game was not good, and there are games in which we have put ourselves down ahead and we have not been able to close the result, despite being much better. We need to play a complete game, where we feel comfortable for the ninety minutes, with and without the ball, without suffering. Tomorrow we have a great opportunity for those feelings to return “He diagnosed about the current moment of the team.
Finally, Gayà referred to his last physical problem in the ankle that prevented him from being in the World Cup in Qatar, despite making the final call. “He is forgotten in my head, I don’t want to talk about it anymore. I felt very bad for my teammates that we couldn’t get through,” he concluded when he was asked if he held a grudge against Luis Enrique.