Assessment of the meeting: “We know it was a game, because of the rival and because of their situation, tremendously complicated by all the circumstances. I have to congratulate the group of players. Caye was doing a very dark job, he was helping us a lot, but in the end a striker lives off the goal. That gives us one more plus so that you continue to trust your work. This group of players is to be congratulated. April 11, as we are, there are still eight days left and the score we have, we have the goal in the palm of our hand, which we can no longer escape. Very proud of the work of the group of players, who help players like Cristian who was not participating, a kid from the quarry like Ale Benítez, Lombán who two weeks ago was with the Covid, the goalkeepers, whoever competes, there is an excellent human group and that in the end is transferred in the field. As time goes by, the work of this group of players will have to be highly valued. Coming from where they came from and being on April 11 as we are, words fail me to express how proud I feel of this group of players. Tomorrow to rest and on Tuesday to think about the game against Las Palmas ”.
The team wants more: “We are at the limit physically, but mentally very strong. However, there is a heart, and when the legs do not match the head, there is a soul. And the group has a soul in all circumstances. Every game there are more obstacles and the group has been able to compete without excuses. We are much closer to achieving situations that we could not imagine. The message is to be predators to want more, knowing the difficulty it has due to all the circumstances that the team carries. As the group knows how to recover from all situations… I just have to thank them, but we still have eight games left and we have to compete with that race and that hunger that we want more. We have it close, but arrogance is the greatest enemy of oneself. We maintain that balance and today is a very happy day, it gives us an extra boost of motivation, we will continue fighting, but we still have that final touch so that I can be a mathematical one. Anything can happen in football and we have to be on alert. I am tremendously proud. The pity is not being able to share it with the fans, that they can feel proud of the race that this team has and coming from where we came ”.
Playoff Fight Options: “When there is mathematics, there are possibilities of everything, to go lower and to fight for everything. But we localize ourselves on a day-to-day basis and it has been very good for us to only look at the day-to-day and the present. Only look at the present, because sometimes we anchor ourselves in the past or look to the future, but we put aside the day to day. When one generates illusion, it gives pride because it talks about the work of this group, but we focus on the Las Palmas party and that this dynamic and this joy continue. We will fight and then we will see, because there is distance above and below and it will be reduced or widened depending on what we do. Now we will fight to achieve that third consecutive victory that this year we have not yet achieved ”.
Greater effectiveness in the areas: “In the course of these two months we have found a game structure that has given us stability and tranquility. Today the first goal is after a set piece action, a second play. The second goal is a transitional action in which we know we are powerful. And above all we have lacked a bit more calm in positional attack than today there have been some moments that we have been able to achieve. We are always in that improvement phase. We try to get to the top in a more direct way, but from there we try, based on certain mechanisms, we try to be protagonists in the rival field. That is what penalized us in the match against Almería, which we were protagonists but in our field. That brings you the critical moment of transition. We have won in force in both areas. We are very strong in the midfield with Escassi and with two interiors ”.
Dedication of the triumph: “There is still a lot to celebrate, but right now you remember a lot about the people close to you, like your family, and especially people who are no longer here, who I would like to see us, as is the case with my mother, but you are things remain in that little angel that people who are not there always give us to give us strength and move forward and fight in the next game.
Pending issue, fight face to face with the teams above: “We have permanence there. Even if it is the coach's speech, you have to greatly value each point and each victory. This is encouraged with the methodology of hunger, of the heart, closeness, demand, the history that the Málaga shirt carries, what it entails, everything behind it and that feeling behind the people. We know the responsibility we have, the pride that comes from representing Malaga. For me that is the greatest methodology and the greatest ambition there is. This group from the proximity and the demand that there is, I have told the players that we cannot stop, that they are going to catch us mania. When things are done from the heart and with passion, we can be more or less successful, but in the end the objectives and situations are much closer when there is a good human group and a good professional group ”.