The UD Las Palmas Faces this Saturday, at 6:30 p.m., an encounter in which it could practically seal the permanence of achieving victory at the Estadio de Gran Canaria against CD Mirandés. Pepe Mel He assures that the rival “is a team that is up, therefore it means that their number of goals in favor is also magnificent. It is a team that is having a good season. They have five or six players that set the trend for who they are. They are players that next year, some of them, will be in the First Division. “
On the other hand, he recalled that “the rest have been infected and are doing a good campaign. We know they are a good team, we already suffered them in the first round. In one minute we scored two goals and then we suffer a lot. We are warned. “
Regarding the importance of this meeting, in the absence of just three days, He considered that “mathematics is capricious and sometimes things get fierce. Surely with 50 points it will be worth it, but the problem is the word surely”. So, “all we have to do is compete as much as possible for the next three games. This is what I tell them: compete, compete and compete. We must forget about the classification and the rivals. We don't want to have to depend on the last one match. The results of others also matter. We have a score that leads to deception and we must go out to win, as it should be. “
“It is the worst thing we have done since the competition started again”, explained about the last game against the Oviedo. “We had eight games and we were doing really well. However, it was a disappointment that first time. Probably the worst of all because of the intensity. I believe that Oviedo, in those 45 minutes, was better than us. Then we wanted to fix it and we couldn't. It is difficult to explain, but it happens. So I expect another version of the team. “
“We are not a perfect team. That is probably why we are not promoting promotion, because there are other teams better prepared than us to be. In the end, the competition puts you in your place “, he said about the team version in the first parts.
“We try to correct mistakes and do things better. Now what the club must do is try to improve for next season. Since we entered the competition again, I think the team is competing well, beyond those moles and concentration outings. The hour issue is not favoring us because in Gran Canaria it does not favor us much, but neither does the rival. I try to look for the errors of my team to improve. These are things that have marked our position in the table. After having played 39 games, the position you occupy is the one you deserve. “
Pepe Mel's future
“As for that, it's the same as a month ago, no new news. With ten days to go until the competition ends, this Saturday we have a game in which we want to do well. That is the important thing. The players and I should focus on that because it can be very useful for us if we are fully involved in what the competition will ask of us. It is an opportunity to leave everything settled, “he argued when asked about it at a press conference.
About the deadlines for renewal, made it clear that “There are no deadlines, there is nothing. I do not hide anything, I have that way of being. There is no concealment, simply the times are set by the club. What is clear is that I am not going to focus on that now. 24 hours after such an important game, it is not a good time either. I think if there is a moment that can be magnificent, it is next week, but now Mirandés is going to demand 100% of our attention and it must be so “.
And he spoke of his relationship with the President, commenting that “I speak very continuously with the president. We have talked about different things and, That is why I say so many times that it is the club that sets the times. I am not going to promote anything or accelerate anything. It is the club that sets the times and says how and in what way. I, to continue working, that I have the privilege of doing what I like and I am with a group of people who carry out what I tell them. I see them compete and sometimes I get tantrums, like in the first part of Oviedo because we had to compete better the game to seize the opportunity. Now, let's try to do better. “
He also added that you feel the support of your players, after the declarations of several of them in favor of its continuity. “We have made a pretty good group. I think everyone's behavior is exquisite and we get along frankly well. It is one of the key pieces to the streak of continuous problems we have had, especially with the operations and the exit and entry of Players, that has been essential to give the best they had, the position of the table marks you and we must take the game for what it is. After winning Ponferradina we thought we were in a happy situation, but soccer teaches you so many things, that we must continue competing because our fans, our shield and our history deserve it. We must try to leave the season sentenced because in summer the objective was to achieve it. The sooner the better”.
Tana case and Josep exit
About the Gran Canaria player, the coach repeated the same message that he has been giving about the absence in the calls, saying that “I repeat the usual, I take the 23 who I think will best win the game. If I think before him Miranda that one of them may be Tana. In soccer, who is the first to be thrown? Thus, Who is the first who wants to win? I mean, I'm not stupid. Do not try to find any problem between me and Tana because there is not., we have no friction. He comes and trains. Is the coach wrong? Well, possibly many times, but what I want is the best for the club and for UD Las Palmas. The first one who plays his job is the coach. “
“It's not Josep's fault. He has a contract with the other team long before this Covid-19 thing happened. He had a date to leave, they extended it a little more, but the other team goes at a different pace. The boy has been as far as he could be. We are grateful to him and we hope that he will do very well, “he concluded about the departure of Josep with four games left to go to Leipzig, your future team.