“I would have preferred to lose the three points to lose my life. Especially because in Second there are dates to play another day”, that was how forceful it was Mario Suarez in the microphones of “El Larguero” of Cadena SER after the situation that the Rayo squad experienced when they wanted him to play against Mirandés in the middle of the Filomena storm.
Vallecano Ray: “Lately, out of doors at Rayo, we are making the news for extra-sports things and for things that are not in good taste.”
Martin Dam: “I understand the pressures of each one, the club is pressured by the League. We put pressure on the club. In the afternoon he told us that we were not going to travel. I think things could have been done in a better way”
What did Presa tell us?: “No good…”
His time at Atlético de Madrid: “At that Atleti we had a very good team and our idea of the game was very clear. We were a very rocky team, very solid and very powerful from set pieces”
The Atlético champion?: “I don't want to snort it … but I hope so.”
Simeone's Atleti game: “Seven years ago nobody would have said that the team was going to play this way, no joke. He speaks well of Simeone, he has adapted”
Luis Suarez: “The free Luis Suárez thing is something incredible. I don't know if they have respected Atleti enough from Barça. Players like Suárez make the difference in any team.”
Barça: “There is no better way to enjoy this game than to win it.”
Would you have believed in 2014 that Atlético del Cholo was going to play like this year?: “No kidding”
VAR: “I think it doesn't even help the referees on many occasions. Do those in the room always send the order? It's something I don't understand.”
Papu Gómez and Sevilla: “I think the signing of Papu Gómez for Sevilla is a great signing. I think he is a player they need. He seems to me to be a very complete and very intelligent player.”
Ascent: “We want to return Rayo Vallecano where it needs to be. “
Iraola: “He wants to dominate in the opposite field, be direct. He is a young coach. We are fourth in the league and we are in the eighth. Sooner or later he will train Athletic.”
The coach you dressed best with: “Manzano gave me the opportunity in Mallorca and Cholo made the most of us. He won six titles from a team eliminated in the Cup until he went to the National Team. Cholo is the one with whom I have performed the most. I have enjoyed Jemez. Iraola has things that I like like. El Cholo at a competitive level “
Coach: “I'm going to be 34 years old and I like football. I want to continue linked to football. When you are more football, you do not pay attention to the why of things. The training sessions are carried out for what we are going to find in the next game”
Play without reference 9: “It was all because of the COVID, he tried with Bebe and in Miranda he put Trejo and it went well. Against Mallorca not so much. They were goals that were all avoidable. We arrived with chances to be in the game. Mallorca concedes little”
Mallorca and Espanyol: “And Almería. They play very well. There are games that have changed the 11 and have won. The Second is very complicated. Maybe Espanyol because they have RDT and Embarba. We are going to try until the end”
One more season: “I have a contract. Age is a number to criticize when you play a bad game.”
Critical to VAR: “It is not something that is clear and that does not help even the referees. In Isi's play he told me that he had no power. Are those in the room always in charge? It is something that I do not understand”.