Imanol: “Odegaard is suffering, but he wants to help”

Imanol Alguacil has appeared in Zubieta in the run-up to the visit to La Nucía to play against Levante.

-Zaldua, another injured. “It is a shame, like Januzaj's. We have the rest, who are tired, but they will be for Levante ”.

-Return Barrenetxea. “Good news, because you are ready for Monday's game. For Thursday we thought it was soon ”.

-Odegaard. “Martin has not trained with us today, but it is only as a precaution, to remove his load, like others. The other day I saw him well despite the consultation during the week and that he had been treated. It is true that he is suffering with his knee injury, but it is good that with pain he wants to participate and help. It says a lot about him. If there is something that this team has not lacked it is wanting. Everyone wants. It is a pride to train them ”.

-Time of everything. “There are 15 points at stake, there are many and there are a lot of teams competing for the same goal. We are looking forward to it ”.

-I raised. “I think it is a very good team, that plays very happy. Aitor is the goalkeeper who intervenes the most and that means that Levante receives many occasions. They do not risk anything beyond pride and that makes them more dangerous. It has a lot of level and they are very loose. They have been saved and perhaps they could get close up, although they have it difficult. It is a daring team, of exquisite level and without pressure, imagine. They generate speed and have depth. But they also give them opportunities, and we have to take advantage of that. ”

-Optimist with the European objective. “I am optimistic, but I was also optimistic before confinement. I am very happy for the team's behavior in these bad times. I have felt a lot of protection and support from the entire club environment in this difficult time, and that touches my heart ”

-Help of the subsidiary. “I hope we don't have to get hold of all the kids in the branch. The learning they are having at this time with us is beastly, and that remains there. There are times when I even have to take them out of the locker room, because they are hard times and I am not interested in them. There is a lot of demand. There is no doubt that Zaldua and Januzaj's injuries are very hard, but I don't believe in excuses. “

-Motivated. “We have always been highly motivated, even if it is difficult after losing four games. It is a real pleasure for me to see everyone's behavior. We have not lost the desire to defend the club and that for a coach is the maximum. We have clear ideas, it has been a lack of success and an accumulation of individual and external errors. Last day, for example, we scored Willian's goal and in previous matches we did not define these opportunities. We have been equally clear, the last pass and the auction were missing. And then, all the decisions had fallen against ”.