The coach of the Elche, Fran
Scribe, affirmed this Tuesday that both he and his staff think they have options to surprise this Wednesday Barça in his stadium, although he admitted that less than they usually have in other games.
“We have to compete and think that we can achieve something,” said the Valencian, who acknowledged that it is very difficult for him to think that a team like Barcelona can add three consecutive negative results.
“Where some see weakness, I see that. This situation hurts players of that level and a reaction from the greats is always expected ”, commented the coach, who described the bad data from Elche in Barcelona, where he has never won, as“ logical ”.
“The options are to be a compact team,” insisted the coach, who confirmed that he will present an alignment that will take into account the effort made last day against Eibar and the weekend's game against Granada.
“The best eleven does not have to be the same,” said Escribá, who announced that Elche's intention is to defend further from his goal than Cádiz did last day.
“That game for Barcelona has a bad reading of the result, but under normal conditions it should have solved before”, explained the Valencian, who revealed that he has seen matches of “teams with a similar drawing”, such as Valencia, Levante and Athletic, to draw conclusions about how to set up the meeting.
He admits that possession will have a Barca color
Escribá indicated that Barcelona will allow Elche “to play better than against Eibar”, although he assumed that possession will be for the Catalan team. “We have to be right in the first passes to get out of the pressure,” he added.
Despite his erratic trajectory, Fran Escribá defined Barcelona, led by the Dutch Ronald Koeman, as a “great team”.
“It is disrespectful to doubt this team and this coach. They have bad days, but when they are well they are out of the reach of teams like us, “said Escribá, who recalled that the entire game of the Catalan team” revolves around the best player in the world. ” “You have to know how to stop Messi and try to short-circuit this type of associative game,” he concluded.
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