MADRID 11 Ene. (EUROPA PRESS) –
Osasuna’s coach, Vicente Moreno, confessed that they have the worst possible rival this Sunday in the duel against Atlético de Madrid, but pointed out that his team are also experts in “breaking statistics” to win at the Riyadh Air Metropolitano.
“Atlético de Madrid is the most difficult rival currently, but we are also good at breaking statistics, where you haven’t won for a long time, we won. We are talking about a team that currently has a squad and a coach who have demonstrated the level they have and “You have to put everything in, intensity, aggressiveness, football, technique, tactics and something else,” he said this Saturday at the press conference prior to the duel on matchday 19 of LaLiga EA Sports.
Vicente pointed out that the ‘rojillo’ club is suffering from the schedule, so they will have to keep an eye on the upcoming duels. “You have to look askance at the calendar, when managing, and not forget that you are going to have very consecutive games. We are the only team that plays four games in 13 days, it usually happens but sometimes we are the wild card to regulate the rest of the games,” he noted.
On the other hand, the Osasuna coach was asked about his bad streak against Atlético. “I have beaten Real Madrid and Barcelona as a coach, I have not beaten Atlético de Madrid, I have been close, I remember with Espanyol. In the years that Simeone has been there, it is a team that fights to be at the top, it is difficult to beat them, but it is a statistics also to break it,” he stated.
“There are changes from the drawing, which is perhaps the change in the result, and also in the model. The issue of the ball is attributed to it and all but one team has won possession at home, it has varied quite a bit, and I see many more variants. They are growing and it is a team now with many good players, it is winning many of the games in the final part because it makes five changes and one does not know if the team that starts or finishes is better,” he added.
Vicente thus reviewed the dangers of the red and white team and confessed that they want to break the bad streak of results. “We are angry because it annoys us, trying to win as soon as possible, we want to do it in the League, against whatever rival it may be. I imagine that they will want to be winter champions even if they don’t give you any trophy. My concern is for us to win and continue in a good situation” , he pointed out.
“When I work for a club I do it as if I were going to be there forever, even though I have a contract until June 30. My focus is on the current season, everything is going very quickly and we need to win and go in the short term. The club has people who are more dedicated to the medium and long term,” he noted about his situation.
On the other hand, Vicente kept what he expects from his team. “The first thing is to compete, play a good game, and that is what opens up the possibilities of being able to get a good result. The opponent we have in front of us is a very difficult opponent, it seems to me that they have only lost one game in this competition and If I’m not mistaken, there are seven games in a row winning in the league, so we already know it is difficult, but it also has to be a motivation,” he said.
“I expect the best from the team because we are going to need it, to give the best of each one to have a chance of winning, but I always trust a lot in my team regardless of who we play against, at home or away, and then sometimes it turns out well or bad. Always when you play against any team that also has that aggressiveness, that intensity in its DNA, you have to try to equalize and I always tell the players that it is not equalizing but being above,” he concluded.