Elche forward Juan Francisco Martínez ‘Nino’ said that throughout his career the goal of being promoted to the First Division with the Elche team remains pending and he hoped to achieve it this year.
The 40-year-old player scored the winning goal for his team that was worth a pass to the final of the promotion phase in the last minutes of the game against Real Zaragoza (0-1) and is awaiting the tie definitive against Girona.
“Hopefully I can continue helping. Hopefully I need a goal or more or the final one to achieve the goal “, said the player on the club's channels from which he stated that after the tension and effort of the tie against Zaragoza his team must now” charge batteries, disconnect and enjoy the victory ”during the day this Monday.
The Almeria player admitted that there is no better way for a striker to help his team than with a goal worth a final for promotion to First Division.
“You have to be happy with the team and with the work they have done. Nobody has given him anything, “said the attacker, who confessed that he would have liked to fight for a promotion with Elche previously, although he highlighted the positive part that he has reached this age and at this point.
“You have to fight and suffer and hopefully luck is on our side,” said Nino, who acknowledged the “difficulty” of the next rival, Girona, whom he considers “very favorite.”
“They have great players, but I think it will be the details that will define the matches,” said the striker, who acknowledged that these qualifiers offer “unique” matches that are experienced with “a lot of tension because of everything behind: family, club and team”.
“On Thursday we have another war and a very important final. We know that we are going to suffer ”, concluded the captain of the Elche team.