“With Hicham we have tried everything and we keep trying new things”

Oviedo analysis. “He only lost one game at the Tartiere and two in total in the 12 games played. It is a very competitive team, it is always alive, it sees the door and receives few goals. It is going to be a game with a lot of duel, which has been a game at Carlos Tertiere. They play with a 4-4-2, which travels very well, which has a very important quality, their forwards have scored five and four goals, they see goal. It will require us to be very good in both areas to get the most out of it, “explained José Alberto.”

Rotations? “I think about the game on Sunday. Away from home, we have not won and we have deserved it in previous matches. It is very demanding, because of the difficulty of the game, because of the rival. In such a long season we have to take advantage of the dynamics and now we are very well. Let’s go to the three points. There is no added pressure from winning away. We have deserved it before. We must also put in context the rivals that we have had far from Malaga, who are the first classified: Almería, Sporting, Valladolid, Huesca … It is difficult to get points outside as it is difficult to get points from La Rosaleda. We have taken steps away from home, we are solid, rigorously, we make fewer mistakes, we play 95 or 100 minutes. We are very supportive and competitive, we do not concede anything and we have to be more effective. We score a goal every 15 shots, we have to score more. I don’t focus on the strikers, it’s everyone’s business, just as a clean sheet is not just the defense’s merit. You have to have the break in the meters ”.

Is there added pressure in the locker room?: “No. We really want to achieve it, because we have been very competitive, we have to look at the rivals we have faced. They are teams of a very high level. It is difficult to score points away from home as well as coming from abroad to La Rosaleda and add here. We are being more solid, with fewer errors, making complete matches and that is the line we have to follow. To be a supportive and competitive team that does not concede. To be more effective in front of the rival goal “-

Can Málaga take advantage of their improvement and the pressure Oviedo has to win at home?: “I think you have to stay with the progression that the team is having. We have a game to keep growing and competing, to try to go one step further and get three points. Because everyone’s feeling is that we could have won some of the games we’ve played. We have to play a very good game and that way we will be closer to winning. I don’t know how the weather is there, they have 16 points and we have 17. It is a very different team compared to the previous season. We are in matchday 12 and this is very long. It seems that it is going to rain and it is a very humid field and that it gets quite muddy, we have to compete ”.

Will you continue to count on Lombán? “We value all the options. We are very happy with the players that we have and in the end we do not look at the names or the ages, but their characteristics and thus we make the decisions that can help the team.”

On a personal level, how does José Alberto value returning to Asturias ?: “Of course it is special to return to your land. I started training at the Astur club, which shares a parking lot with the Tartiere. Your beginnings at that club come back to your memory.”

Chacarria. Closer to playing? “Yesterday was a game against the youth team. His return is near and we are happy with how everything is going, his feelings are good and so are ours. His return is getting closer every day, let’s see if it can be Sunday ”.

Problems at the tip of the attack. “The games demand other things or because in the players we just can’t find what we want in that position. Pablo is close to returning, he is evolving well. With what we saw yesterday (he scored a goal in the aforementioned training match) we are happy. But it is far from their level. When he returns he will not be at his usual level, but surely the minutes he has will bring him back to his best level ”.

Hicham. “This week we will surely not see it, in the next we will surely. When? I do not know. We are trying to put all the means within reach, we have tried everything and we keep trying new things. I ask for patience and tranquility, to see if we can see him again and at his best level. He is a different player who could give us a lot. “

Sekou and his new injury “They are normal soccer things. There are players who, due to their physiognomies, are more prone to muscle injuries. The good news is that it is a small thing. Let’s see how it evolves and as soon as we can, it will go inside. “

Kevin and his ankle: “He is still upset, they are normal discomfort after a fairly strong sprain.”