MADRID, 4 Feb. (EUROPA PRESS) –
The RCD Mallorca coach, Javier Aguirre, has assured that “it is not” easy to “get a hand” on Real Madrid, whom they will face this Sunday at the Estadi Mallorca Son Moix (2:00 p.m.) and that they are clearly “favourites”, as well to remember that “you can’t lose concentration for a second” and that it has “deadly transitions”.
“In the emotional aspect, you don’t have to tell them anything or motivate them. Winning or getting something from Madrid is what you will count for the rest of your days, because it is not easy to get your hands on them. It is true that we come from a defeat, we are at home, we want to make up for it… It’s important to make them understand that we can’t fall behind any more, whatever the rival is. The team has to show its face”, he declared at a press conference.
In addition, he explained that they have “good feelings” despite the “setback in Cádiz”, where they suffered a defeat. “I think we reflected, we looked at each other and saw what we did wrong and we hope it doesn’t happen again. They are good feelings, but Madrid always makes it difficult for you. It is a team that is a favorite at home or away and we will surely suffer, but I have good feelings,” he stressed.
“It’s difficult to get a grip on Real Madrid, because when you think you’ve got them under control, they have that individual and collective talent. He catches the ball, he goes against three. They are very vertical. The game plan will be to pay attention to surveillance above all, because Madrid, when attacked, leaves people out there hanging, and the transitions are deadly. You can’t lose concentration for a second against Real Madrid, because they have a lot of quality,” he continued.
In another order of things, Aguirre analyzed how the team’s first round has been. “Qualifying the season is complicated, because I am a judge and a party. Until before the World Cup it was notable, even outstanding; after the World Cup it has been a ‘regular’ with two wins and three losses. Therefore, overall there is a good season left, to dry. Up to what we carry, clear it is”, valued.
“We have grown with the ball. It seems that the team only defends and plays close games, it is true, but with the ball we have several records. We have not finished having continuity in the offensive game, and that has condemned us not to capture on the scoreboard the good things we do. There have been games in which we throw more than the rival”, he continued.
Regarding the transfer market, he confirmed that Franco Russo and Braian Cufré asked him “directly” to leave the club to “improve financially” and to have “more minutes”. “We went to the market to look for substitutes. Manu Morlanes was a bet by the institution for the future; we all know that surely Iñigo Ruiz de Galarreta will leave the team at the end of the season. I am happy, because the three or four players who were concerned about their representatives, they stayed calm,” he said.
He also confirmed that the Serbian Matija Nastasic will be the substitute in defense of José Manuel Arias Copete, who is sanctioned for accumulation of cards and will not be able to form against the white team, and did not want to assess the words of Antonio Raíllo, assuring that his children will I would give Modric and Benzema as an example instead of Vinícius.
“He is training well. Raíllo has many games behind him as a professional, he is an intelligent guy and knows what to say and when to say it. He would be incapable of telling a player what he has to say or not. I have suggested that when there is a decision controversy, don’t use social networks to complain about the referees. It’s very easy to unload your anger there,” he stressed.
Finally, he explained that the loss of two players like Karim Benzema and Éder Militao “is not” is “anecdotal”. “Benzema was the best player in the world last year, he was the Ballon d’Or, and he is breaking goalscoring records at Real Madrid, which is no small thing. He is captain and is a bulwark,” he said.
“Militao is also a player who has been doing things well. I’m not happy at all when people get injured, because we are work colleagues. It is true that they are two important players, but obviously it is Real Madrid and they will play with eleven.” cracks’, with eleven world-class players, and it’s going to be complicated”, he continued.