Sergio Pellicer: “I came for a game and a half and it has been a year now”

Can the renewal of Manolo Gaspar as sports director go hand in hand with that of Pellicer? “The calm of a club goes with the results of the first team. And if the results are not good, it is a Ferris wheel. If Manolo's renewal is linked to mine? The coach only lives in the present. I came for a game and a half and I have been wearing it for a year. I am a house coach, with a sense of belonging. Málaga and Pellicer are not going to have problems for one thing or another. For the future there are José María (Muñoz) and Manolo (Gaspar). We, the players and the coaching staff, go day by day. There I leave it settled. It is already the work of Manolo and José María, for the present and for the future, so that they have more resources, because the fans want to see their team ”.

Renewal of the sports director. Assessment. “This is the best news for Málaga. I'm happy for Manolo and I'm happy for the club. It is well deserved. All the people who are working here have a sense of belonging and very capable people. It is a boost to give peace of mind. It is already his and José María's job, for the present and for the future, so that they have more resources because the fans want to see their team. The big difference with the coach is that they look at the present and the future, and we look at the present, the Ray. Every charge carries that. This is great news for him and his task force and they are important steps. We are in impossible missions also in Malaga, not only in the cinema. We hope this will not happen again and that there will only be work, work and work to see Málaga in the not too distant future where everyone wants ”.

Contribution of José María Muñoz. “The most important thing is tranquility and work. By the time José María arrived, Manolo and I were temporary. I came for a game and a half and I've been here for a year. And Manolo similar. You have to do things with common sense. Five months ago they talked about the goal of the team and the critical situation in which it was. We know that situation and from there there are no excuses ”.

The rival. “El Rayo is with us one of those who recover the most in the rival field. He presses a lot, he is one of the ones that centers the most and reaches the finishing area. Going back from 0-2 in the Espanyol field is not easy. We are two of the teams with the highest percentage of possession in our rival field. We are teams that push very high, we are more direct and they are more associative. We will try to play in their field, there will be the fight, in the center of the field ”.

Midfield. “The height of the defensive lines and being together is important. The battle will be handled in the center of the field. The stronger we are, the more accurate we will be. Everything will depend on the pressure we are going to have in the areas, there we have to hinder and be more precise ”.

Improvement of the team in Gijón “Despite the results, which have not been as desired, the team has taken a step forward. There are green shoots, but we have to free ourselves, we have to win, play a good game. We are going to face a bogeyman of the category. Compete as against Sporting but that the result is favorable for us. That is the way. The proposals are no different. Beyond the game system, we are a team that knows perfectly what our potential is. We have to be more precise in the area. We have to free ourselves and try to get those green shoots that were seen in Gijón, at the level of the structure of the game or the evolution of the team. That everything is reflected in the result ”.

Medical part. “As we are so used to so many subsidiary players, they are working very well. Larrubia's theme is a player who is cutting back a lot. We have to take care of him, in the previous game I was left with the bug of taking him out in the last stretch of the game. They have to know that their opportunity is going to come. “