Yanis Rahmani is one of the fashionable men at La Rosaleda. The winger could not be in Almería due to the fear clause and he suffered a great deal following the game on television. So he confessed in Malaguista Area, from 101 TV: “I want to play everything, whatever game it is, more against Almería, who are a great rival, and in the state of form I'm in. I would have liked to be there a lot.”
Pellicer and his players ended up very annoyed with the referee's performance and the non-cancellation of Almería's second goal, in which Sadiq, clearly offside, intended to finish off before the ball was headed into the net by Maras. In Malaga, complaints about the VAR accumulate. “I do not understand how a player of almost two meters like Sadiq, who tries to shoot and the ball passes very close to his head, if that has no influence on the game or the play, turn off and let's go. Above it came when the team was better, we were pushing to take the three points. It cannot be that another week we will be harmed by another VAR play, another offside. This I see very clearly. Sadiq does everything to hit the ball. The goalkeeper is also aware of him. I thought he was going to be the one to finish. We can't do anything, but something needs to be said. It cannot be that another day will harm us like this. And more when the team was good. A goal like that against a great team is very difficult. Then you go for the tie, you leave spaces and the third comes. That play for me is clear offside. The VAR is here to help, but if you have to look at the play, look. There are times when we wait three or four minutes for plays without much importance. A goal play must be looked at a lot “.
Yanis is possibly the player who has performed the most so far this season with the Málaga shirt. The winger acknowledges feeling happy and very comfortable at La Rosaleda: “Since I was a fry in my town's team, I didn't enjoy it like that”. And he admits that he is very seduced by the idea of putting down roots in Malaga: “I spent many years on loan, from one side to the other, and when I went to Almería no one thought that they were going to change ownership and again from one side to the other. I would like to be in a place longer and demonstrate not only one season, but more seasons, what I am worth. And why not in Malaga, a spectacular club and a spectacular city. But I don't think about that, I just think about enjoying every day. I don't know where I'll be next year. And since it doesn't depend on me, I don't stop to think what Manolo will do or what Almería will do. I am enjoying myself, I am in the happiest time of my life. There is nothing real yet. If I want my performance to continue to be good, I have to have a clean head“.
The speedy Málaga footballer also addressed other issues related to his brilliant season and the Blue and White present:
Good balance of the season: “It is to be all calm. It is true that at home we have to improve, that is a reality. As we are playing away from home and some home games such as the second half against Lugo and the game against Leganés … We have a Very good team. It's to be calm. We have to correct certain mistakes that are hurting us, but we have to be calm because we have a hungry squad and coaching staff. Here it doesn't matter who plays because they are going to perform. “
Calero: “I send him a big hug and encouragement and we have to try to dedicate the next two victories to him, in the Cup and in the League.”
His signing for Málaga: “My agents had been talking to Manolo Gaspar since May. The season was not over yet, I did not know what was going to happen with Almería, if they were going to want me or would they want me to leave. The situation of Málaga at that time makes you think more than once, especially in preseason. But when I spoke with Manolo Gaspar and he told me how things were going to be, there was little to think about. I trusted him, he is a guy with a word and I had no doubts. He had several offers from other Second Division teams, but Málaga is a club that by history and by club is in the Top-3 of Second Division clubs. There wasn't much to think about. I'm delighted to be here. “
Manolo had been following him for a long time: “When my agent started the conversations, he realized that Manolo had a good impression of me. And the good thing is that the master also knew me from Second B. It is always good to get to a place where the coach knows your potential and knows Where can you play, what can you contribute? Getting to know me is one of the great things that has benefited me. “
Maximum delivery in each game: “I respect football and the ball a lot and my way of returning that respect is to give everything on the field. Leaving the field that I cannot walk from fatigue, things turn out better or worse. The coach's confidence is benefiting me. My first The games weren't good and the fact that they showed me that confidence and kept betting on me gave me a bonus to know that there are people here who really value me and I can't let them down. My way of thanking that is to give everything on the field. “
Do you keep the illusion of playing for Athletic ?: “Of course. I have belonged to Athletic from 2005 to 2017. It is as if a boy from Malaga enters the club in fry and leaves in the subsidiary. His dream would be to play for Malaga. Well, one of my dreams is to play for Athletic” .
Selection: “On my father's side I am Algerian, my mother is Portuguese and I was born in France, but I grew up in Bilbao and I consider myself more from the Basque Country than elsewhere. Selection? I will play with whoever calls first (laughs). I read and heard something from Algeria, they are a great team and it is not easy to access them because they have first-rate players. I would be proud to represent Algeria. “
Willing to play with La Rosaleda full: “The reception prior to Cartagena can be a small summary of what it can be to play with a full field. I really want to see him roar, move, feel the people in the stadium, let him squeeze. Last season I missed the game of La Rosaleda due to injury and it was one of the fields I most wanted to visit “.
Is your best partner Chavarría or Joaquín ?: “With Chavarría I understand myself perfectly and with Joaquín I have a very good relationship. We are two extremes and we look for each other. He gave me an assist in Fuenlabrada, but just before he gave me another that a defender took me out and I gave him another but failed. And with Chavarría the same. He is a forward who apart from scoring a goal, everything he generates is incredible. He has everything as a forward. Playing with them is a luxury because they are players of a very high level. “
It is high above Larrubia: “I like to be with the youth team members. I talk to them, motivate them, and it is clear that I am on top of Larrubia. He is something that I would have liked to be, a subsidiary boy who goes up to the first team with incredible talent I am on top of him because I want him to be aware of the opportunity he has. And with the rest of the boys, the same. The path that I have traveled is not easy, even if you have conditions. Spending many years in Second B is difficult. Larrubia has an incredible potential and I like to be on top of him so that he is aware that he has an incredible opportunity ahead of him. He is a very nice and very polite boy. “
Canteranos: “Every time one goes up it surprises me. Kevin went up a couple of times and he seems great to me. There is a Moroccan boy who is still young and I saw him train and I saw that he has a level. Julio's game in Sabadell was very high. Ale Benítez against Sporting made a level winger of the category not leave him even once. The quarry here has players to give to the first team for many years. “
Objectives of this Malaga: “To be saved as soon as possible. Afterwards I don't know. This team is there to save itself as quickly as possible and that is what we want. Seeing the image against Almeria, I think we should not struggle to reach 50 points.”