Andoni Iraola, coach of the Vallecano Ray, declared this Tuesday that he is “excited to play” against him. Mirandés in the Copa del Rey, since from his past as coach of the Burgos team he keeps “a very nice memory”.
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Iraola directed to Mirandés the 2019/2020 season, just before signing for the Lightning. In his only course in the Burgos team he achieved a comfortable stay in the Second Division and reached the semifinals in the Cup.
“At a sporting level I am aware of the difficulty”
“The truth is that when it was our turn for the Mirandés draw, I was excited. On the one hand, at the sporting level, I am aware of the difficulty, because I know how the Cup is lived in Miranda and how we faced it the year we were there “he said Iraola, at a press conference.
“Mirandés will believe, because they have done it before, and it will cost us. If we want to go to the next round we have to play a very good match. In this match I will be able to greet people of whom I have very nice memories and I recognize that I am excited to go, “he confessed.
Complicated moment
This Cup match reaches the Lightning in a difficult moment because last week he had 17 players withdrawn by Covid-19, four could not play for that reason against the Athletic in the League and that circumstance joins the possible absences of some players with discomfort.
“We are in complicated circumstances. Surely we can not count on some players, new positives, others who rejoin and others with discomfort. We will take who we can and until tomorrow we will not decide the team,” he confessed.
“Like almost all teams, Mirandés surely have their stories as well. There are some players who will use this match to have minutes, because you need to pick up the rhythm of the competition, but we are going to be safe because we are going by bus and it is many hours of travel, “he said.
“You have to know that those who go out have to do it one hundred percent because Mirandés is a happy team, who likes to have the ball and that is going to make things difficult for us,” said the Basque coach, who reiterated the difficulty of these duels against lower category rivals in a single match.
“The players are aware that they are difficult games and that in this Cup one or the other is going to be left out. Whoever passes will remain among the sixteen best teams, that is already a lot. If we do things well, we have a prize waiting for us and we go with that idea of winning the classification “, he commented.
“We have the experience of last year”
“I love the Cup and in the end it rewards those who go for it. We have the experience of last year, with Elche who were in the First Division and we in the Second Division. We are going to try to prevent that from happening. They can beat us because they are better. , but not because we don’t take competition for what it is, an opportunity for everyone to be able to do something nice, “he concluded.