MADRID, 6 Apr. (SportsFinding) –
The new coach of Deportivo Alavés, Julio Velázquez, confessed this Wednesday during his presentation that he has found a “predisposed locker room with a significant level of commitment” to achieve salvation, an objective for which he is “super motivated” and “very convinced” of what will be achieved.
“I have found a predisposed dressing room, with a significant level of commitment, wanting to reverse the situation. I don’t think that until one implements certain aspects an important time has to pass… I come with the intention of building what is appropriate At this moment from the first day, I think there is time, we have room to work, due to the predisposition and commitment that the boys have shown me. I am super motivated”, said Velázquez at a press conference.
The man from Salamanca, who remembered his predecessor José Luis Mendilibar, for whom he has “a lot of professional and personal appreciation”, insisted that the “differentiating factor” to sign for the club from Vitoria is “that Alavés calls you, not if the team last or first.” “For years they have been doing things very well, with tremendously professional people. It is a club that, in the current situation, can grow and evolve, beautiful things can be done,” he said.
“The team is six points away from permanence, but luckily I think it can be carried forward. It is going to suffer, it is going to be hard and it is going to have to be rowing until the last day. With everyone’s synergy, everyone we are part of what this institution represents, if we all contribute our grain of sand, I have no doubt that the objective will be met. I come with all the hope in the world”, added Velázquez, who has the challenge of remaining for Alavés, to 6 points from salvation in the absence of eight days.
“ZERO NEGATIVISM, YOU MUST HAVE A CONSTRUCTIVE MENTALITY”
The coach, who went through teams like Udinense or Vitória Setúbal, stressed the importance of the “soccer” factor to improve emotionally. “The result is the consequence of something. The psychological and emotional aspects are important, but the football aspect is also a whole. The goal is to win, without any doubts. Based on the context, we are going to structure the week looking for them to manifest our strengths and Osasuna’s weaknesses become evident, and then comes the emotional side”, he argued.
“If the results are positive, we will believe more and more. What seems like a very high mountain today can seem smaller at any moment, depending on the perspective and the results. I have a maximum level of confidence. Let’s add, zero negativism, It’s going to be achieved, you have to have a constructive mentality. More than a challenge for me, it’s an opportunity, it’s wonderful, I consider myself privileged. I don’t face it thinking about whether it doesn’t work out, I know it’s going to work out, we’re very convinced”, he highlighted. .
Velázquez considers himself “passionate” about football and revealed that he has seen 95% of the matches of all the LaLiga Santander teams. “In today’s football there are very prepared people, everyone studies and analyzes. In this country the level of coaches is wonderful and exceptional,” he praised, before acknowledging that he has analyzed the calendar that remains for his team and the rest of the direct rivals.
“I am sincere and honest, I have looked at the calendar, but if you do not compete well we can lose all the games, it does not matter who you face. My focus is Sunday’s game against Osasuna, thinking about fifteen days… This is football and it changes from one week to the next,” he emphasized.