24 hours to the decisive Youth League semi-final match, Real Madrid Youth A coach, Raúl, spoke about the game that will face them tomorrow Saturday (18:00, #Vamos) against Red Bull Salzburg.
Speaking to the club's official media, the white coach predicted that it will be “a very long game, we have to go with patience because it will be a demanding 90 minutes. With the hope of the boys to do well, they will surely be very well on a physical and technical level “.
The keys to getting the game through, according to Raúl will be “trying to shoot more than them, score more goals and run more.” He 7 defines Red Bull Salzburg as “a team that accumulates a lot of people at the top, plays direct, but they press high, they try to steal you and have fast players up front. We will try to have the ball to hurt them, be vertical and manage the game times. When we have to suffer, we will have to defend well and when we have to attack, create the greatest possible danger. “And remember that they face a team, the Austrian,” who has experience and who has won the Youth League. “They conquered it three years ago, in 2017, with a generation that is already in various teams in the Austrian and German Bundesligas and with a Haidara that this season has reached the semifinals of the Champions League with 'brother' Leipzig.
Raúl is optimistic about the feelings that the players transmit to him in the dressing room. “The team is very excited after the previous two games. We want to give a good performance both individually and collectively. We are very excited. to face these semifinals against a very powerful opponent physically and technically “, warns the coach, who points out what he expects from his team.” You have to follow this line, be protagonists in the game, take the initiative and I am sure that the guys are going to give it their all. We are all going to be very proud of what happens on the pitch“.
The final draw of the 2019-2020 UEFA Youth League. AS infographic
Finally, he publicly conveys the following message: “May you continue to enjoy this great opportunity, continue with the same idea and surely that way we will feel happy when the game is over. It is being a great championship. We have been together for seven weeks since we started and they have to enjoy this trip, which is a unique opportunity. Motivation has to be drawn from within. It is going to be a match in which Real Madrid is going to compete and when the match is over I hope to get a good result. “