The coach of the Lugo, Mehdi Nafti, warned that if his team wants to beat Atlético Pulpileño, of the Third Division, in the Copa del Rey, they must face the game this Tuesday with “humility”.
“I have told the players that, If you go with the gel, the earring and you look cool, they paint your face. The humble team in the tie will try to be us and, from there, we will draw conclusions. It's a nice competition. I like the Cup, “said the Lugo coach in a telematic press conference.
Nafti assured that it should not be considered a “cheating match“nor a” procedure “.
“Trap is not putting yourself up to the humility of the rival team. They can bring you down to earth very quickly,” insisted the coach, who admitted that his team “wants” to pass the tie but, at the same time, “knowing that the priority “is Saturday's match with Zaragoza in LaLiga SmartBank.
“I take the Cup as a very beautiful competition. We try to win all the games without deviating from the priority, which is LaLiga and our last match in Zaragoza before Christmas, but tomorrow we will go with everything, managing the minutes that the boys need and the kids from the subsidiary and the youth who will come with us, “he said.
Of his rival, he recalled that he won “his last four league games” and has “expert players from Second B”.
“It has a fairly defined game system, top players like Christ (Garcia), experienced, who know what they play, Juanra, (Martínez), Diego López, Alber (Rodríguez), who have good management, fast players on the outside, centrals who have a good start, and Mario (Hernández), a right back that I know from San Fernando, “he said.
Nafti added that the Pulpileño is “a team with arguments, who is not afraid to take the initiative, handles direct play well and, above all, plays with confidence after having won his last four games. ”