Future: “The mathematical permanence, although we would have liked it to be with a victory, is well deserved. In the absence of four days to have 50 points … it was even virtual with eight games to go. I'm very proud of the team's work despite today's game. It was not the result we expected, but I don't think the result was fair. It was a tie match. And about my future this week, tomorrow or the day after, when I talk to Manolo, everything will be clear ”.
Does it look far or close to follow?: “After the Las Palmas game, everything was so hasty and it seemed that it was so close… It is true that the permanence was virtually made. Behind a professional there is also a person. My heart is in Malaga, that's the way it is, but behind a professional there are people. Manolo knows what I think and what I'm not going to do is speak here. Tomorrow or Wednesday we have to make it clear, especially so as not to distract the players. The club is planning and in this regard my position will be clear enough, but I would like to speak about it at home, in our stadium, in our heart, which is La Rosaleda ”.
Uncertainty among fans: “Tomorrow you can know my future. Tomorrow morning we are going to train and after talking to Manolo, tomorrow or the day after it should be clear as I said. The club has not stopped and both with me and Manolo are not stopping. There's time. There is a sketch of what is going to be next season. There is an idea that there may be more chips, there are many circumstances. Malaga does not stop and we already know how Manolo and his group work on planning. Last year was a very tough preseason, in circumstances that this year will not happen. That is why what we have achieved has so much merit. That we celebrate a permanence to many fans may shock them, but for those of us who are inside, for us it is as if it were a promotion. For fans, as a club, for history, the objective must be different, but the resources are what they are and it is to make a monument to this group of players. They are the protagonists. The important thing above all are the players, those from last season as well. We hope that next year there will be an audience and that the fans can enjoy their team. Our mouths fill up many times, but the resources are what they are. We hope that this step will be taken so that in the future we can fight to be promoted to the First Division ”.
Season balance: “It has been very hard since the preseason, especially as it was the first league game in Tenerife. Then the market closed, there were players fired, then there was a positive dynamic, then came the injuries of Calero, Pablo Chavarría and many other injuries that we have suffered. In many moments of the competition we could not all be there. At the beginning of the year there were those results in which we could not get three points in five or six days, but there were never doubts. Coming from Tenerife, we only thought about the Castellón game, about competing, that's the most important thing. There have been quarry players who have given a spectacular performance and have also given a lot of quality to the training sessions, which has made for healthy competition. It has been a roller coaster, but the most important thing was to maintain an emotional balance and that is the key to this group. It tastes bad to me, we played a game in which we lacked details in order to be closer to victory. The game was tied and at the end, with a shot from outside the area, they got ahead. Throughout the season you have to put a ten on all players. Every day has been tremendously difficult for everyone, but with joy, enthusiasm, passion… they have given the last drop of sweat and blood ”.