José Alberto is confident of achieving the first victory of the home course at El Alcoraz. The purpose, a priori, does not seem simple. But Malaga has been improving its performance away from La Rosaleda and the coach believes that the first victory can come in Huesca.
How do you face the game against Huesca ?: “Looking forward to getting the first win away from home and continuing the good dynamics in which we find ourselves, regardless of the last two draws. The team has many aspects to improve, a lot of growth at the collective and individual level. We are one of the youngest teams in the category. We want to give continuity to what we are doing and to win away from home, which is now our turn ”.
Non-stop matches: “The most important thing is the emotional aspect. Hence the positive and negative dynamics. Being balanced is what makes you perform better. In my case, as a coach, I like that the players are motivated, eager and enjoy one of the most beautiful professions in the world. It is important that when you are happy you give your best version. When it isn’t, you have a hard time getting up, going to work, and doing everything. We want people to be happy, to come to train with enthusiasm and to give us performance. That’s what we’re doing ”.
Rotations: “There will be changes, no revolution. I am not a coach of revolutions, neither when things are very good nor when they are bad. I always like to maintain a balanced tone and we will be in that line, but there will be changes in relation to Saturday. I don’t like the term rotations at all. For me there are no starters or substitutes, there are players who help us to perform in games. We are going to take out the 11 players that I think are the best to win in Huesca ”.
Huesca: “He is one of the contenders to fight for promotion. A recently released from First, one of the teams with the most financial muscle in the category, made to move up, with a spectacular squad, with players with a lot of experience in Second and even First. It is the team that has the most possession so far in the championship, which has an associative and combinative profile and is doing things very well at home. In the first days it gave the feeling that it was going to be a team that was going to be out of the category in terms of level shown. With the passing of the days they have lost some of their bellows, their energy, but they are a great team ”.
Chavarría: “The one who most wants to play is Pablo and after him, the one who most wants to put him in is me. But we have to be patient with him. If he is in the call it is true that he has the possibility of being able to participate, but it has to be in a match context that we see appropriate for him to participate. His moment is getting closer, but he needs time to be at his best ”.
Players still below their best: “They can get it back, of course. Our job is to get it back. I have spoken with them and they are the first to know that they are not at their level. But it is the context, the situation, when you do not participate what you want it is difficult to enter and give performance. It is not only the people who come off the bench, there are players who are starting who also have to give us much more, that is the reality. We have a lot of room for growth as a team, collectively and individually. There are players who can give us much more, but for that there is a process and that is what we are working on, but the competition does not stop, what counts are the points and the points that we lose we are not going to recover. Tomorrow we have to do our best to get three points, which is what we all want ”.
Ramón’s physical state: “He is doing quite well. Like the players who participated, they are still upset from the game. But we hope that with today’s training and tomorrow the recovery will be complete and they will be in a position to participate ”.
Haitam: “For us it is one more. We have given him less than he deserves because on a daily basis he shows a very high level. But in that position is Kevin, there is Brandon, there is Paulino, there is Antoñín, Jairo… We have many alternatives. Haitam is one more and is a resource to be able to use. The other day we understood that we did not have to put it in. We thought that the changes we made in the band were going to bring us more and then we wanted Haitam to have a leading role with the subsidiary the next day ”.
Rescue Gassama: “We have many alternatives and they are players of different profiles. Roberto is doing very well. He is not giving us goals, but he is making those around him better with his work. Brandon is also doing very well. Now we have opted to put a midfielder and that midfielder is giving us a lot of level. Jozabed’s games at home were of a high level. We have alternatives, we try to choose the ones we think are best for each game. It is clear that having Sekou at the level that we began to see the other day is good news for everyone. “
Jairo: “You always ask individually and I understand it, but this is a group and not everyone can play. It is a soccer team. There they speak the returns of each one. I would answer the same as in Haitam’s previous question ”.
Possible rotation in the goal: “You will see it tomorrow.”