Manolo Sánchez was at the press conference prior to the match against Las Palmas instead of Sergio Pellicer, absent for a personal matter. Sánchez, 29, has already led the team in two games due to the suspension of the first coach. It was against Leganés and Girona. He touched on some topics of interest.
Pellicer Renovation. “We have to focus on football. The important thing is that we have solved some of the club's most difficult situations in recent years and it is a step forward. We are focused only on football. When the coach has to speak, it will be done. We are very excited, very happy and very happy to be here. To be thinking about renewal or not renewal in the end distracts us. We have tried to make this a raft. The priority is soccer and adding three at a time ”.
What is Pellicer like? “He is an evolved from football in the technical-tactical aspect of football. We have been together for many years and at a methodological level it has been surpassing year after year, adapting to the club and the category. The head does not stop thinking about new tools or ideas that arise to continue evolving. If you don't recycle like he does, you are left behind. We have to live in a constant alert to update ourselves, innovate. We are very obsessed with the subject of video analysis. He doesn't stop evolving, being with him is always an opportunity. “
goals“The dynamics are great, they are a wonderful group and above all very ambitious. Once we have achieved a goal we have to be able not to obsess over scoring ourselves and to compete as if there were no tomorrow. There are 24 games left, you don't have to set a point limit and you do have to be ambitious ”.
Look towards the playoff. “You have to be aware of the years ago, that many times getting excited is very good but with our feet on the ground. We know that we can't go from white to black that fast. But this team always wants more ”.
Eight games remain. “We consider it as finals. The higher the team is. best for everyone. For the club, for the image of this new Malaga that is being achieved “.
Doubts about Escassi and Orlando Sá. “Orlando has trained with a certain normality and we will see what we decide. Escassi we know that he has had these discomforts, he is prepared to go to all of them and we are evaluating several options to see if we decide that he enters the call ”.
Goal of salvation achieved. “It has been a very important step that we have practically achieved a goal. To a great extent, it frees us when facing these matches with great enthusiasm to see how far we can go ”.
What do you expect from the game? “Las Palmas is a team that we know plays with great joy, has the ball and is one of the teams with the most possession in the League. They also want to be as high as possible, it is a team in which surely if they have a good day they will be able to generate many scoring chances. This is what we have to avoid, they usually score a lot of goals in very open matches. He is prepared for anything, he has an impressive talent and it will surely be a very open game. You have clear ideas as to looking up. Pressure, none. We carry it with the greatest possible enthusiasm, they come from a good dynamic of not losing in the last four games ”.