Girona faces this Sunday against Oviedo a new test to show that they want to continue being a playoff team. The rojiblancos, after adding two points from the last nine, cannot continue to lose ground and Míchel marked this duel in red for the future of the team. That yes, he is confident, he is happy with the good work of his squad in recent days and urged not to miss any more points from Montilivi. Facing this duel against Oviedo, Samu Saiz and Valery will return to the call, but Bernardo will be absent, due to suspension, Artero, due to illness, and the injured Sarmiento, Ureña and Víctor Sánchez. Finally, the coach did not miss the opportunity to throw an órdago at Iván Martín, he must take a step forward. Last week he gave him a wake-up call, hence he ran out of minutes against Leganés, and it will depend on him to continue on the bench or appear on the pitch. “I don’t want to give minutes away,” said the Girona coach.
State of the template and registrations and dismissals: “Bernardo will not play due to suspension, Ureña has injured a bit in his quadriceps and will not be here tomorrow. Artero is sick and we will not be able to count on him and neither will Víctor Sánchez, he has not trained normally. The rest is fine. Valery and Samu , today, they have trained normally. Although during the week they have been with caution. For tomorrow they are available”.
The absence of Bernardo and the possible substitute: “We can continue playing with a defense of five with Juncà, Terrats and Arnau. If Arnau plays as a central player in the right lane, Gabri, Iván Martín and Valery can play. Although we can also play with a defense of four”.
Duel Borja Bastón-Stuani: “The responsibility for the goal belongs to everyone. I don’t want us to think that Stuani is our reference for the goal, we need the goals of any player, Baena, Borja, Aleix, Samu, Kebe, from the lanes… the team needs several references of goal. Tomorrow we need to play a great game because the rival is very difficult”.
Key month of March for the playoff: “All the games are important, tomorrow is very, very important because in the last three games we haven’t won. And we need to do it to continue in the playoffs. All the games are very difficult, after Oviedo we go to Las Palmas, but that remains We have a lot to play for and we have to go game by game”.
Roofs: “If he plays as a central defender, we believe that the ‘6’ position is for Pol. But there may also be Aleizx, Kebe and Sala who will also be called up. Terrats has already played during his career as a central defender and even as a left back. He has the mentality team in a defensive system and he has legs for the duel, he goes well in the aerial game. We have worked with him this week, as with Juncà and Arnau, because he is an alternative. If in the end we opt for him he will make a great game in that position.”
Ivan Martin: “The other day he did not play due to a warning situation, he comes from a First team and there are many expectations, but during the week he recognized that he was not good and I do not want to give away minutes. He is an important player, but it was a touch of attention. He has recognized that he must give his best version and we are waiting for him because he is a player who must contribute to us. There are also training and match players and the one who must give that push has to be the coach. If he had total knowledge of the player I would perhaps squeeze him in another way, but since I have it… everything is clear between him and me and the whole team and he is a footballer who should contribute to us”.
Fight for the playoffs: “We’re going to try to win tomorrow and we’re not looking back, I don’t want to. I want to look forward in the next 13 games. At least we want to be in the playoffs. Direct promotion is far away, but that doesn’t mean we’re not looking forward. We are approaching a balance that I like a lot and it will give us confidence to face this last stretch of the League”.
Oviedo: “His last victory was in Burgos with three central defenders. It seems that they can play with three midfielders and they would vary their 4-4-2 very well worked out. He has good pressure with the double striker. We have worked with several alternatives, knowing that he has very good scoring capacity and speed. We have to get them away from the area knowing that Obeng runs very well into space. We have the idea of what to do, Oviedo is well worked and despite coming from losing, they have good dynamics. Together with our fans we have to be able not to miss more points from home”.