José Alberto has alerted his players to what awaits them this Saturday against Zaragoza. The classification reflects a team with nine points, in the relegation zone and with a single victory in their locker. However, the analysis of the Málaga coach highlights the virtues of the Aragonese team: “What is lacking to achieve results is success. He has an excellent squad, an excellent coaching staff and is made to fight with the best. It is going to be a very difficult game ”.
Against Zaragoza, he meets 100 games on the Second Division benches: “They had told me it was last week, I don’t know if the accounts come out for the Reus party that did not count. The most important thing is that we are working, that we are doing what we are most passionate about and that the team play a good game tomorrow, which is what we all want.
Where do you see the 200 games ?: “I hope that here, it would be excellent news for everyone, that we are meeting the objectives. When you spend time in a place, and more like a coach, where it is difficult to stay long. If we are still here, it means that Málaga is meeting its objectives and generating enthusiasm, which is what we all want.
His career so far: “I don’t stop long to think about what has already happened, I focus more on what is to come. There will not be many people my age who have completed 100 games in professional football, but I focus on what is to come, on the goals and the illusion that we all have this season. Tomorrow’s game should focus all the attention, it will be very complicated and that is what we are at ”.
Zaragoza, many draws: “Many times the coaches put many bandages on what may happen, especially in the previous ones, but Zaragoza is the team that has the most possession, that recovers the fastest, the second that shoots the most to rival goal, the second that least they throw him. What they are lacking to achieve results is success, it is a team that has an excellent squad, an excellent coaching staff and is made to fight with the best and be at the top. It is a team with a lot of history, like ours. It is going to be a very difficult match. It is one of the teams that has the most ball, the most forward passes, there are many things to take into account. He is going to demand patience from us, he is going to take the ball from us and he is going to demand a very good defensive level. They squeeze well, they recover quickly and in the defense-attack transitions they can hurt us if we are not sure ”.
Is getting ahead the most important thing ?: “Getting ahead is always important, in Second and in all categories. It conditions a lot to the adversaries or to you if you are the one who receives first. But it is neither more nor less relevant than in other games. We have to do a good 95 or 100 minutes to get the three points. Zaragoza have eight points, but could be in the playoff zone if they had been more effective. It has speed, combinatorial game, a fast and expeditious defense, veteran and youth. It will require concentration and not make mistakes if we want to score points ”.
Malaga returns to La Rosaleda: “Whenever we play with our fans it is an extra for the encouragement and motivation, but we still have to improve a lot of things. We cannot allow so much shot from the rival, we have to be more compact at home and away from home. Winning is all more bearable. We have three games in seven days and the whole squad is going to be important in these games ”.
Physical state of Peybernes: “Okay, it’s perfect to play.”
Sekou is available again: “We always think about the players that are available each week and the characteristics of the player. We pay more attention to that than if he has played in the previous game. The one that is in a good moment at the level of performance and form, we also value it. But we look a lot at the characteristics of each player and what they can contribute to us in each game. There can always be some change ”.
Something more offensive at home ?: “The analyzes are almost always made around the final result of the matches. You a posteriori and we in the previous one, seeking to have a balanced team and we always do things with a reason. Not by playing with a more symmetrical double pivot does it have to be a more defensive team, it depends on how you accompany him from the front. They played a good game and it is one of the options that we value for tomorrow ”.
Antoñín and Jairo: “We will see. We have to analyze everything, see when all the players are and make the best decisions to help the team. They are two players from whom we have to get more performance than they have offered us so far, either due to lack of minutes or because in the minutes they have played they have not been at the level that we all want. If we speak it is from us to them. If I do not give explanations to put a player, I do not give them when I remove them ”.
Cancellation of Paulino by cards: “We are not to give away, and less in the minute in which the card is produced. It was a launch of the game, an impulse from the player, but that must be corrected. He has five yellows and I don’t know if one or two are for fouls, the others are for protesting, for getting in front of a quick serve. In the end we lose an important player without having kicked anyone ”.
Chavarría: “You have to be patient with him, we have to see what his feelings are and what we perceive on a day-to-day basis. Every week what we see is a Pablo Chavarría who is much closer to the Pablo we all want to see. As soon as we see that he is here to help and he feels strong and confident enough to help the team, be clear that you are all going to see him ”.
It does not usually exhaust the changes: “If you analyze the competition, you have to see when they take place. Normally it is when it is losing and when the team is not giving the performance. If I have the possibility of making five changes and I only make three, it is because the players who are playing are doing well. When we use the five changes, we do it well because of fatigue, or because we want to change something. Now with 5 changes we can be more interventionist, but if the team is doing things well, you don’t have to do them. Now it seems that it is fashionable to be able to make those five changes. They will be done when we consider that we have to do them ”.