José Luis Morales shone again against Eibar. The Commander scored his sixth goal against the gunsmith team, along with Betis, his favorite victim as a professional, and where he shone to earn a spot at Orriols. “There in Eibar, just like I told you the other day after Betis, they are going to catch me. I dedicate myself to doing my job. I am very fond of the team and the people. In the end, they are goals that leave a slightly bitter taste, but you have to help the teamYou have to think about where we are and what we want, “said the Levante captain after the match.
“We knew that today's game was very important because we were going to take a very important step if we got the three points and that's how it was.. We have been able to turn the game around and we have believed to the end. It is one of the bases established in the locker room. We know that we are a team capable of scoring chances and goals and that's how it turned out today. “The penalty, according to him, is not” having started earlier “at the Ciutat.
Morales, what adds his seventh goal of the season, adorned with three assists, he cries out to heaven for a renewal at his height every time he puts on his boots. The player with the most matches and goals in the club's history in the elite ends his contract on June 30, although Paco López is clear that the club and the player are “condemned to understand each other.” He, At 33, he projects the best numbers of his career.
Next week, in Copa del Rey, the attacker from Madrid will once again experience a special match personally. “Next week I'm going to Fuenlabrada, which is the last team I was with in Madrid before coming here and reconnecting with the team and the city that made me get here is special as well. It will be a very difficult game and they will make things very difficult for us. We have to keep doing our job and look to go round. ” It will be the first time that Morales will face each other against the team that projected him to Levante.
Mendilibar: “We retained Morales”
The Eibar coach, José Luis Mendilibar, who was only able to lead eight games in Orriols, spoke of the decision to give place to José Luis Morales in the first team when he took the reins of the granota bench. “When we were here, José Luis Morales was going to be loaned. We retained him because it happened that I saw Eibar a lot that year. The idea of the club was to give him back, but we knew him from seeing him live and we said he was staying with us. At least in that we are right. I believe. There you see what he is giving, what he has given and what he will continue to give, “said Zaldibar at a press conference after the defeat in which the Commander was the protagonist with goal and assistance.