Faced with a match in the heights between Mallorca and Espanyol, the parakeet locker room is committed to subtracting significance. Those of Vicente Moreno, who could be eight points at home from losing or only two if they achieve victory, do not want to speculate, two different ways of seeing a future that only has one path: promotion. Javi Puado, the player of the moment in the parakeet box, used the metaphor of the marathoner to mark this match (Sunday, 2:00 p.m.).
“What the fans want is for us to go up. Much remains and we will never throw in the towel. People should support us, and when it is not won they can be worried, but we work every day to achieve victory. We played the games well but for details or at times the points were gone. It is a long-distance race and you have to climb. The key is to achieve it in the end “, commented the Barcelona, the Swiss army knife of this Espanyol.
It is difficult to make a diagnosis of the parakeet team. He has not offered his best face or progress in his game, but in the last three games he has been able to win with solvency: in Girona he had infinite chances, he wasted a 2-0 against Rayo and in Lugo he had a shot to the post with 1 -1 and playing before ten. “The team works as always. We are self-critical, we know what happened. The season gets complicated in the second laps, everyone gives a plus. We have accumulated a series of games that did not go well, but we remain the same”, explained Puado, who has no secrets for his improvement (“I train to the maximum to help the team. Things are working out for me, with confidence, doing my best”).
A clear message from the staff: “We have no doubts”
At this point in the season, Espanyol starts the countdown. Despite the latest results, Puado believes that doubts have never appeared in the dressing room at any time, and that all the players continue to have confidence in the coaches and in achieving the goal. “We have no doubts. They are games that did not go as we wanted. Sometimes the ball does not go in, but the coach gives us confidence. We are a good team, we are self-critical and it is clear that the results must change.”
This Sunday they have the opportunity to hit the table. At the RCDE Stadium the result was 0-0, so the particular goal difference would be another detail to take care of, taking into account the equality of the upper part. For the striker, nothing is final: “I do not think it is a final, it is true that it is important. We know what we are at stake, if they win they escape a little, but there is much left and things can happen. We do not give it more importance than any game.