Rayo is seventh, three points behind Sporting and Girona, fifth and sixth respectively. The direct duel between the two can pave the return to the playoff of some franjirrojos who are forced to win, something that has not happened in the last five days. They have only taken three points out of the fifteen at stake. Hence the capital importance of Sunday's game against Fuenlabrada (Fernando Torres, 4:00 pm). Iraola knows it and warns, there is no more room for error.
Equipment situation: “The players are aware that we are playing a lot. It shows during the week. In the end we see ourselves out of those playoff positions, after having been there for a long time and we do not want them to escape us. The last effort remains to be made. and they feel like it. “
Match against Fuenlabrada: “Unlike other weeks, we have to play before ourselves than our direct rivals. Let's see if we can put that pressure on them that we have felt the previous days, knowing the game that awaits us. It is a derby in which they do not know They play as much as we do, but we can't make a mistake. It will be a very intense game, they will want to win and we have to prepare. It is a team with very marked virtues, with players that must be watched well and that is what lets try”.
Keys: “We have to compete on the line at the end of the game against Leganés. That level of intensity, commitment, wanting to attack, loading the area, arriving and then increasing the success that is what is punishing us in the last In addition, we must maintain a very high level of concentration so that there are no goals due to our own mistakes or make things easier for them. “
Emergencies: “The feelings that we ended up with the other day were positive, but now we need to win. It's not like at the beginning of the season, that you rely more on the feelings because in the long term it's going to give you. Now what you need is the result. Obviously the game will bring you closer to this one, but what matters is winning because there is no longer any margin for error. “