Thomas Pina highlighted the important change that the proposal of Pablo Machin. “We are taking the automatisms and what the coach wants, which is very different from what we have been doing so far,” he stressed.
With the arrival of the Soriano, the Alaves aims to have greater possession of the ball and be more protagonist in the games, a philosophy different from that of the previous three campaigns, especially the last one, with Asier Garitano on the bench. “We wanted to have won to end with a feeling of victory, but now what matters less is the result,” said the La Mancha midfielder, who was one of the men lined up today by Machin in the friendly against Real Sociedad, settled with a tie at two.
Too Edgar mendez has fully played the match held at the facilities of Zubieta. The Tenerife-born is performing at a good level in his new lane role. To his offensive biting and scoring nose he joins the capacity for sacrifice necessary to unfold in defense. “We are on the right track”, he indicated, aware that the team is in the process of “taking on the automation with the new idea” of Pablo Machin. “We are really looking forward to it, because we have done a good job in the preseason, so we are all motivated and with a lot of strength to start,” he said.