Sign for one season with an option for the next. If assistant will be Jaume Delgado. “It is a private contract. The important thing is the present. The medium term. I always say that in the end it depends on both parties being comfortable. The contracts are fine but the important thing is the relationship between both parties and the objective of achieving results”.
How is Malaga going to play? “The goal is to win. There are many ways and paths to win. The rhombus? It won’t always be the same. The structure can be different and will depend on the profile of the footballer you have. That is what I will try to do, try to be a team that controls the game and be as dominant as possible. The main objective is to have more defensive solidity, which is the main problem we have. Let the game be what you want it to be. Match control. There will always be that we will try to have the ball more than the opponent and the positional game. If we are not well there, we will have to defend and run. We have to achieve the defensive regularity that we now lack”.
Medium term goal? “Game by game is becoming more and more fashionable. Is a reality. When you arrive at a club like Malaga you obviously have to be ambitious and there must be enthusiasm because it’s a big club. Those of us in the world of football know it. It is true that I am a newcomer and the most important thing is to try to do something to win on Sunday. A base was created last season in a rather extreme situation and from here on continue to grow. We will never give up anything and we will be ambitious. But the main objective is to continue taking steps forward.”
How have you seen the squad? There is debate in goal Will there be change? “I will not say if there will be a change in the goal. I am a newcomer. As a coach I have seen many Málaga matches and from the outside I can have a more or less approximate diagnosis. From there there are differences from when you are on a day-to-day basis. It is when you know how the player acts. I have to take great care of the information that I transmit to the team and take advantage of things that were being done very well with the previous coach. We have to maintain that and improve things where we were with more difficulty. Starting. With this knowledge I will try to capture it on Sunday”.
What does this challenge entail? Quick x-ray. transfer market. “The history of Málaga is known to all. The story is there and that is indelible. It is a pride, satisfaction and illusion to enter a club with this history. Very excited and looking forward to it. And a lot of responsibility. Because of that greatness you have a great responsibility. Dedicate everything to achieve results and victories and for the team to move forward. The diagnosis from the outside is living it from the inside. From the market there is an initial idea and we will see.
Is this arrival a challenge or an opportunity? Both. A challenge and the opportunity to continue exercising. Despite the fact that I am old, I do not stop learning and getting to know a city like Malaga. They have always spoken highly of her. You are reaping a little what you have been sowing for several years. This makes me very happy because to get here we have had to suffer and work a lot”.
MálagaNatxo González in his first training session. In front of him, Ismael Casas.
Mariano Pozo (Daily Ace)
Are you clear on eleven? “You follow up on the Second and you make your notes on each team. From there you focus on teams that show more interest. There you make your diagnosis and see if it is so real on a day-to-day basis. This team has incredible energy due to its youth and we are going to try to keep it”.
first contactor. “Good. Of course, they have had an atypical and complicated week for the player after such a resounding result against him (0-5 against Ibiza) the dismissal of the coach, being directed by the technicians of the subsidiary and me coming. That’s why you may not have the attention in Sunday’s game. You have to take advantage of the things that were being done well.”
Match against Mirandes. “We have already started working since yesterday and we have seen things to be or better prepared as possible. Defensive strength. Mirandés is a very unbalanced team and we will try to make it as unbalanced as possible. The template is all plugged in. They clench their teeth. Superb attitude. Energy and desire to work. You already know almost all the players. Vadillo, Kevin, Brandon… there are quite interesting base players”.
Target. “What was transmitted to me is to grow in the project and every year I continue to be better. This year we have to be better than last year. We are talking at the qualifying level.”
Quarry “A lot of players are coming out of the quarry and at a good level.”
Hobby. “I have been in clubs with great stories and I know what La Rosaleda is. I have come as a visitor. I start from the basis that the best thing that clubs have is the fans. Utmost respect, of course. We have a great responsibility. One of the good things about this job is that we can make a lot of people happy. For me this is a motivation”.