MADRID, 17 Jul. (EUROPA PRESS) –
Sevilla’s coach, José Luis Mendilibar, believes that it will be “good to compete” against English Manchester City in the European Super Cup, “the best team in Europe because of how they have won”, while he does not hide that they will need “a perfect year”. to be among the top four in LaLiga EA Sports.
“Manchester City have proven to be the best team in Europe because of how they have won, because of what they have done in their country, so it will be exciting and good to compete with them, play against them and have the option of bringing another title for Sevilla”, Mendilibar indicated in an interview with the club’s official media published this Monday.
The Basque knows that “the sevillistas want more” and that is why they will try to “be able to compete in all” the competitions. “We start with the League, then the Super Cup, the League again and the Champions League that follows and the Cup qualifiers after the Champions League. We are going to demand from the players and that they think that we are going to have to be fine for a long time,” he said. .
The one from Zaldibar celebrated that in the Champions League draw they will be “in the good hype”. “Let’s see if we can take advantage of it to qualify among the first two and be able to be in the round of 16 knowing that it is very complicated. I think we will be prepared to compete and to be able to address everyone on a first-name basis,” warned Mendilibar.
As for the domestic championship, he does not hide the fact that FC Barcelona and Real Madrid “have to do very badly to not be on top” and that the “normal” thing is for Atlético de Madrid “to be in the top four”. “If we have a perfect year and we can gain some position, then better, but there are also those who have been ahead this year who want to compete and enter Europe. It’s going to be difficult, but I think we’ll be ready,” he remarked. .
Regarding the start of the pre-season, the Sevilla coach considers that “it has been a very good first week in terms of training, intensity, a bit of everything” and so that those who were not there last season can do “a bit at type of training” that they design.
“The feeling is very good. I think the players like what we do on a day-to-day basis, they are committed to each session and I think we are enjoying the preseason. These 10 days will be to get a bit of the idea of everything for be able to endure a season of few training sessions because you are going to play every three days”, he added in this regard, recalling that currently “the footballer is already prepared” at this start. “You put the ball in and from the first moment it sets the pace,” he pointed out.
Mendilibar wants “the player to come and feel comfortable in a training session”. “I have been a player and you take the good things from the coaches you have had, if you come happy to work it will be much better for you, there will be days when someone does not have a good day and you also have to understand him,” confessed the Biscayan.
“I CAN’T CHANGE ANYMORE”
It is also the time to meet again with those players who left on loan. “My task is to get the most out of that player who returns. Today we talk more about the economy than football and if we are able to get that loaned player to come and complete the season with us, something the club also gets with that so as not to sign anyone from outside. We are many, people have to leave and I don’t know if many or few will enter, but on a day-to-day basis we try to ensure that no one feels bad because we miss them, “he assured.
Mendilibar continues with the illusion intact in this step for a team “with higher goals.” “I have been in teams for many years to save the First Division category luckily and I have always been proud. Now I also have a better squad. We are good coaches for any category, then you have to know how to lead a group and I have always, since I started In Regional, I have not changed in the sense of how to lead a team or in the idea of soccer, I can no longer change”, he highlighted.
“Nothing of what we have done before is worth anything anymore. Everyone was very afraid, thinking of the worst and all that is already forgotten, perhaps the player is the least… As soon as you raise the demand a little, it changes , that is football and Sevilla is so competitive for that, because the thought is to win”, warned the coach of the Seville team.
Mendilibar also spoke of the first reinforcements. “Gattoni is an Argentine central defender, he ‘bites’, and he has to have more pause because I am not a coach of duels, but of anticipation, but since he has the spirit, he will surely catch it quickly. I know Pedrosa better, he is super offensive, sometimes too much in advanced positions”, detailed.
Finally, he sent a message to the fans, asking them to “continue to encourage and help the team at all times, to never give up”, acknowledging that when there are “not good moments” there is the possibility that “the first target “be the ‘staff’. “Whoever goes out onto the pitch has to feel supported and I am convinced that this is going to happen,” he concluded.