“The one who should have played with ten from minute six is ​​Real Madrid”

In the preview of the match against Espanyol, just after the press conference, The Majorcan coach took the floor to denounce the “criminalization of Maffeo” and demand the expulsion of Rodrygo for assaulting Take Kubo.

That’s how forceful the Majorcan coach was that he did not want to ignore everything that has been said during Maffeo’s week without hiding that his action against Vinicius was worthy of a red card.

According to Luis García “it has been very hard with Pablo Maffeo, that the fans criticize someone seems fine to me, and I start from the base, without you changing a word, that Maffeo’s is red, starting from that base I repeat, but he has been called a murderer, a butcher, even Real Madrid players putting things, the same Rodrygo who after five minutes he makes a double attack on Take Kubo, gives him two punches, Valverde saying that it should not be necessary when he did it to an Atlético de Madrid player in the Super Cup from behindand I repeat and I don’t want a word to be changed, Maffeo’s ticket is red, but the one that should play with ten players from the sixth minute is Real Madrid, from the sixth minute of the matchMallorca is not respected, and if we are guilty of something, it is that we go to Vigo and make three fouls, three, and they injured a player with his knee (Galarreta) for six months and we only demanded the red one, at no time have we called Butcher to Víctor Ruiz nor murderer, nor that he was going to do harm, including Galarreta himself who has a shattered knee and Maffeo does not deserve everything that has been said about him, It was a tough tackle and if it’s red then it’s red but his intention wasn’t to go and injure Vinicius, I think they’ve gone too far with us and I think it’s time to defend ourselves”.

That said, Luis García valued the confrontation with Espanyol.

On how to face the game taking into account the crisis of results with five consecutive defeats, the coach affirms that “the series of results is unfair due to merits, but it is what it is, I have seen them train well during the week, with desire, and Mindful that there are ten finals left to which we arrive immersed in the fight with possibilities like any other to achieve the goal, even more than four teams that are below us, we will try to play a good game, that the sensations are good and from there we will What we have to increase is the success in both areas, not making so many mistakes that are penalizing us”.

Regarding Espanyol, the Mallorcan coach does not think it is too important to have beaten the Blue and Whites twice this season between the League and the Cup: “playing at home or away changes and Espanyol notices it at home, it is a very strong local team away from home, not so much, they have great players, they have the striker for the Spanish team (referring to Raúl de Tomás) and a player who amazes me is the Mallorcan from Artà, Sergi Darder, who is a spectacle and what he is doing an incredible season, two players who set the tone within a good collective level, one with his goals and the other who is also up for the national team”.

Regarding the recent rivalry between vermilion and parakeets, Luis García points out that “last season was a beautiful league, we both had a great year, both at an exceptional level, with a record of points fighting for the title in second and from From there, in the First Division, we had to face each other in the Cup, which is also a coincidence and I think they have been very nice games, there is no type of rivalry, only that last season we fought to be champions, and I think that on the part of the players there is no rivalry either It’s just another game with three points at stake against a good rival, but nothing more”.

In sports, the injured Greif and Galarreta are still off the list, in addition to the suspended Maffeo, due to the accumulation of yellow cards, and Reina, who is serving his second game of suspension due to his expulsion in Vigo. In addition, there is a player who is doubtful, although the coach has not wanted to reveal who it is.

On the fact of playing again at two in the afternoon, Luis García ironically recalls that between the two teams there is a Japanese, a Korean and a Chinese, which facilitates that time to have a screen quota in their countries.