How is the classification: “The results change a lot depending on what we all do. Right now we depend solely and exclusively on ourselves. It really is the beauty of the competition. Expecting opponents to help you is unrealistic and even mediocre. There is a lot of equality and the The competition is alive, it has strength and it is far from decanted. The victory of the other day, added to that of Zaragoza, makes us be there and depend on ourselves. This Almería match is as important or more than what we have done Until now. What we do not want is to have to be aware of other results. It would be bad news for us. We are in a position not to have to go through that. This match is complicated. We are two teams that want to play and there is going to be a Good show. We are going with the only idea of winning because we know that this result gives us many options to be in the top six. “
Maximum equality: “It is tremendous. Teams that are playing for promotion fail in games that … Cadiz with a point was worth. In this competition no one forgives. Racing, which is down, goes and beats Huesca, who is one of the best in the category. You cannot trust anyone because nobody is going to throw in the towel. Their pride, their professionalism are at stake … That to me, as a lover and person who is dedicated to football, I like it. It encourages me to think that there is many good things that are worth it. No one can trust anyone, anyone scares you when you least expect it and now the most important thing is to have confidence in yourself and not think that any rival. “
Almería: “He also wants to win, undoubtedly. He has more margin for error, a mattress that still allows him to commit some, but the rest of us are in line with Zaragoza. Anything other than winning makes us depend on rivals. We have seven goals in two games and I want to see that self-confidence and carefreeness when the team goes up, because when it does that it does very well and it is very difficult to stop, with that spark and that intuition facing the goal. It is what I want. Almería is better than us, well, we will paddle and we will continue there competing what lies ahead, but we are very aware that this game is 80% of the classification for us. “
Mark and fit: “In these two games we have scored seven goals, but we have conceded four. I do not worry. What does worry me is that to win we always have to score three or four goals. I have told them. It cannot happen. Because, unfortunately, we are not always going to be able to score as much. As long as we put them in we will not have any problems. That joy when going upstairs, on some occasions it also makes us fit in, but it is our way of conceiving football and playing. To be a solvent team in defense and to continue to have a punch in attack, but sometimes in order to achieve one thing you have to sacrifice a bit of the other. When you find the balance the results begin to come in. Now we have found it and we can do things much better “On the defensive side. The other day Numancia only shot us four times on goal and got two. That is not too normal either.”
Santamaría and Trejo return
Rayo Vallecano's call to visit Almería presents two novelties, the returns of the goalkeeper Santamaría – to the detriment of Josete – and the playmaker Trejo. The first had been doing alternative work due to some discomfort already overcome and the second, the last game was lost due to suspension.
The list of 23 is made up of Dimitrievski, Morro, Santamaría, Tito, Advíncula, Catena, Saveljich, Martín, Velázquez, Saúl, Luna, Mario Suárez, Comesaña, Óscar Valentín, De Frutos, Isi, Álvaro García, Andrés Martín, Montiel, Dani Moreno, Trejo, Qasmi and Juan Villar.