The Levante coach, Paco Lopez, assured this Friday that he does not trust the bad sporting moment of Athletic Bilbao, with only one win, and explained that he expects his best version in Sunday's clash in San Mamés.
“We know very well how to play the Athletic. His state of mind I do not know, but we believe that we are going to find the best Athletic, who tries to play directly, in your field, who pressures and overwhelms you “, said Paco Lopez at the press conference after team training.
The Valencian coach expects a game “as always we have played there” and stressed that his rival has players who “regardless of the ability they have in the duel and in direct play have a good footing and a lot of experience and quality”.
“If he is comfortable in this type of game, it will cost us more. We will try to impose ourselves with our game,” added Paco López, who commented that in San Mamés it will be seen “an ambitious Levante and who will want to win the game.”
I do not know his state of mind, but we believe that we are going to find the best Athletic
The coach confessed that the Athletic game “is not very similar to our game”, but that both with the starting eleven and with the five changes he can make “we will seek to find that balance and the team that gives us the best conditions to win the match”.
Further, Paco Lopez revealed that Nikola Vukcevic He has returned to Valencia with some discomfort after playing with Montenegro and that the Costa Rican Óscar Duarte has not been able to train with the rest of the players due to his late arrival.
The Levante coach also wanted to turn the page for his statements after the defeat against Real Madrid and commented that he complained about the television broadcast, but that his words were not a criticism of the refereeing establishment.
“I don't like those issues, I don't usually touch them and all I said was that I was surprised that there was no repetition. Then it was seen that there were repetitions and it was clearly seen. We cannot do anything and I respect the decisions of the referees and the VAR a lot “, settled.