After winning the Super Cup a month ago, the futsal barca has another title in sight with the Spanish Cup, which will be held from this Thursday, March 31 to Sunday, April 3 at the Palacio de Deportes Olivo Arena in Jaén. Before heading to Andalusian lands, the technician Jesus Velasco He attended the media to analyze how the team reaches the tournament and was ambitious with the title aspirations.
“In the Cup there are always favorites that don’t win or lose in the first round. We are perhaps one of the teams that has more options to win on paper, but we have to prove that and that’s the beauty of it. It’s a tournament with many surprises and it will be the best atmosphere of the season in futsal, surely more than in the playoffs”, pointed out Velascowho expects a very competitive match against Jimbee Cartagenathe rival of the azulgrana in the quarterfinals on Thursday at 9:30 p.m.
“Duda’s teams are dynamic and offensive. They have a good squad and they have casualties, but so do we. It will be a very intense game with ups and downs. It will be complicated and with a lot of physical wear”, said the coach of the Barçawho recognized that “being first in the regular phase is one of the objectives for, in case of reaching the Cup final, having one more day of rest than the other team that arrives”.
“Getting to a pavilion, with that atmosphere, always motivates and excites. Let’s see if we can enjoy it until the end. You have good memories of the Cups you’ve won and when you get it, it’s one of the best memories you can have”, sentenced Velascowho was able to win three times the Spanish Cup when he directed Movistar Inter.
Ferrao’s loss and Esquerdinha’s doubt
One of the great absentees of the Spanish Cup will be the brazilian Ferraowho is injured in the femoral biceps of his right leg and will not be able to play throughout the tournament. Velasco analyzed the absence of the team’s top scorer and also left the presence of Leftywith a sprained ankle.
“Ferrao disrupts a lot if he doesn’t play. He is the reference above and gives us another way of playing. He is a player who allows you not to elaborate a lot to generate scoring chances, because you already know that if the ball reaches him he creates an opportunity. He is It’s a luxury to be able to count on a player like him. He’s not here and we have to adapt. Luckily and due to planning we have a great squad with players who can unbalance. We’re going to miss him, but if we don’t go through it won’t be because Ferrao isn’t there. We have a lot of players who can do very well,” he said. Velascowhile about Lefty He stated that “he has not trained today, he did train yesterday. Let’s see tomorrow. I think he will be able to do something. Depending on how he goes… He has a sprained ankle and the good thing is that it is the pain that marks the the player’s ability to play. If he endures the pain he could have a few minutes, but if not, we’ll wait with the hope of reaching the semi-finals and that in two days he can lend us a hand”.
Jesus Velasco also noted that the captain Sergio Lozano “he arrives in a very good moment of form” and that “his feelings are very good, he has some problem with tendinitis but it won’t be a real problem”, while regarding the return of Matheus He pointed out that “we are a very combinative team and we need lefties to give balance to the offensive phase”.
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