Pellicer: “José Alberto is having a brutal season”

Sergio Pellicer was questioned after the match against Girona about the work of José Alberto López, his more than likely replacement at La Rosaleda next season. The coach praised the work of the Asturian coach: “He's having a brutal season,” he summarized.

Regarding the match itself and particularly in relation to his expulsion, he was upset because that red can leave him without leading Málaga in his last game as a Blue and White coach at home. “I hope that the referee reflects in the minutes that I later went to talk to him and explained it to him, and then the club would appeal. It makes me very sad and makes me want to cry. It is totally unfair what has happened in many situations, “he said.

The referee, for his part, reflected in the minutes that he was shown the red “by shouting 'The same from Logroñés, always adulterating the games!', later sitting on the bench and hitting it as a sign of disagreement. “It must be remembered that In the last three games that the Madrid referee has led Málaga, he has shown a blue and white player the red. Against Logroñés it was Yanis Rahmani The one who walked into the dressing room early.

The technician, as always, answered all the questions that were posed to him at a press conference.

Málaga showed courage despite playing many minutes with ten: “You have to be tremendously proud of the game the team played. It has been a week especially with my situation and this shows the commitment of the group, the commitment they have with the club, with the coaching staff … because it seems that we are not playing anything but all the teams are playing a lot. Eleven against eleven we have faced the best rival of the second round, they go with the arrow up, they have terrible potential, and what we have done to them in the first 15 minutes, analyzing the last matches of Girona, they had not done it no one. With one less player, they have continued with a commitment to collective resistance at the collective level, with soul. It is the way of the whole season. Julio and Loren, a kid from the subsidiary and a youth player, ended up playing as forwards. I drool talking because the penalty is not having achieved something positive. They have deserved it for work and effort in the face of all the adversities that we are having on and off the pitch. This group has been surpassed and it is a pity not to score because that would make us be in the Top-10 ”.

His expulsion and that of Josua Mejías: “Josua Mejías's, in the images I have seen, is a fortuitous action. Yes it is true that you have to look at it more carefully and I even think that Stuani touches him before. It was very fast. Nothing has happened in mine. I have not said anything to the referee. I got angry with myself, I made a gesture towards me and the fourth official thought that maybe I was saying something. But the game is over, I have gone and explained it to him. Even Vito, our refereeing delegate, can say it. I haven't said anything. Now there are teams that seem to play a lot and I have to shut up ”.

Three reds for Málaga in the last three games with Moreno Aragón: “Any profession and that of the arbitration establishment, moreover, is tremendously complicated. You have to shut up. They have sent me unfairly, there are two games left where they will penalize me and I will not be able to enjoy the last game here at home. They are human errors, the one who makes the most mistakes is me, but it's a shame. There are situations in which they have to help each other and that all this does not happen again. That next year there will be more judgment in everything, in the hands, in the protests … It's a shame, but let's hope that everything will be solved. All human beings make mistakes. There is no need to look for coincidences. In this profession, honesty must be above all ”.

After the announcement of your goodbye: “Today these players have shown the pride they have. I am very proud of the union between the coaching staff, the players and the club. It is brutal. We have achieved the goal, but the team wants more. In Oviedo we did not deserve to lose, it was a tie match, today it was a match with a beastly delivery. The players were here at the press conference and it was because they decided to. I feel all the affection of the whole club, of the fans, of the whole world. It has been the most difficult and painful decision of my professional life. It must be appreciated that it is a brave decision. Malaga is the best there is, you live very well, I am very well and you have to work, work, work and work. I have given everything and we are going to give everything. Here I notice an affection that I am not going to find anywhere ”.

Do you have a proposal for the future ?: “I have not spoken with anyone, I have not met with anyone and right now the only thing that locates me is the present. It is true that many things are spoken, you can doubt everything and you think that when you say that it is not because I have something. There have been cases in which sports directors have met with coaches and it is normal in football. The only meeting that Pellicer has had was with Málaga Club de Fútbol and that goes to mass ”.

It could be his last game on the Malaga bench: “I hope that the referee reflects in the minutes that I later went to talk to him and explained it to him, and then the club would appeal. In Ponferrada the club appealed and it was only one game. I have done nothing to disqualify me and prevent me from being in the last game on the bench here at La Rosaleda ”.

The team is lacking luck in these last games: “The group is competing. We come from adverse results, but we are having many adversities. Cristian has the fifth yellow, Escassi has finished with a problem in the calf, let's see how they recover… We have to compete. We are at the limit. We are not having a fortune with injuries. This is a continuous hieroglyph. Possibly next year this will not happen, there may be more chips and there will be more stability ”.

What do you think of José Alberto López ?: “Maximum respect to all the teammates and to all the names that may come out. In Second Division, analyzing all the games we have seen, all teams have mechanisms that involve continuous learning. He reflected (José Alberto López) in a press conference in the matches against us his ambition, that is a plus. It doesn't have to be me, there are many coaches, Malaga is the best club there is. A door has been opened and there will be no problem to find, that Manolo Gaspar is the one who decides the right person, he will achieve it and they will take steps forward ”.