“You have to take the games with your direct rivals as if they were a final”

The coach of Granada, Robert Moreno, foresees “a very tactical“this Friday against him Alaves, a team that this season “has beaten direct rivals and tied against high-level teams.”

Moreno highlighted the Basque team this Thursday at a press conference “la seriousness that has given him (Javi) Calleja “and cited as his main dangers players such as” Joselu or Luis Rioja “and” the stopped ball“.

“They (Alavés) have beaten direct rivals and they have drawn against high-level teams. They come in a positive situation, although they lost against Celta. Football is sometimes dynamic, let’s see if with Celta and tomorrow we can break that streak and take it ourselves, “he added.

“It is a match that seems it will be very tactical and with few goals, but so did Bilbao (against Athletic in the last played by Granada) and finished 2-2, “added Moreno.

The coach acknowledged that they now face “a cycle of matches against direct rivals”, but that there are “many points to be played”.

“When facing teams that are in a situation like yours, you have to take it as a final, although if you lose the world does not end nor do we descend. It is an important game, with our people and against a direct rival. We are going to do everything possible to win, “he said.

“In the Cup we try to handle the issue of minutes to get a team that is good this Friday. They (Alavés) also took out those who were not going to play in theory and then Rioja had to enter. In that sense we are on equal footing the two teams, “he said.

As for the seven casualties with which Granada faces the clash, the Catalan coach said that they are in one “extreme situation“but that” sure they will do well “the players who act, concluding that” lose or win no one will remember if you had seven casualties because professional football works with results. “

About the youth forward Adri Butzke, who made his debut with a triplet in the Cup, affirmed that “you have to go very calmly”, recognizing that “he is a boy with a goal and a forward looking good.”

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