The Espanyol coach offered the press conference prior to the match against Stjarnan for qualifying for the Europa League. "Tomorrow is not a party, it will be difficult."
Europa League Preview: “It is a tremendous illusion, I was looking forward to this moment. We are very close to debut, with a new project. After 12 years you can return to Europe and in my house. Excited, equal or more than our hobby is ”.
Stjarnan: “We are going to find a very difficult opponent, we have been in the preseason for 20 days, with a much more shot opponent, which started in April and has, at least, the same illusion. Maximum humility and respect. We have to focus on our game and devote ourselves only to what happens on the pitch, the rest for us does not exist. ”
El Espanyol: “A team with 20 days of preparation arrives, enough to compete. But where we do not arrive we will do a hobby that will help us. We would have liked to arrive with three more weeks of work. But the team is going to do everything and the stadium is going to help us. ”
The blue and white template: “There is no nervousness, I detect a lot of hope because this starts. The preseason has been very good in all aspects. There is a desire to start competing. ”
Information from the rival: “We have all the information about them to analyze their strengths and the least. But until we see it, we have a forecast. It is a brave team, which squeezes and then, when it defends, it does it with many people, but we do not know what we are going to find. It is a very intense team, in which the degree of involvement and solidarity is brutal. They are very clear about what they play. They try to play very direct, they arrive outside, with many people and after loss they are very aggressive. We have seen that, but what we are going to find I do not know ”.
The signings: “They are shooting and adapting to their classmates and the way we train. They are gradually incorporated into the new concepts. Bernardo already knows the Spanish league, his adaptation will be minor. Vargas, by profile, will take the form more (he will not play because the transfer has not yet arrived). Each one has its process and by condition some people get it faster and others slower. ”
Marc Roca: “It's perfect, but it takes 15 days less preparation than the rest. It is very good and it will be seen if it is convened or not. It comes from a very long previous season. It is to lend a hand if I consider it. ”
The biggest enemy in this tie: “There must be no enemy, it must be the rival, his potential and what we let him do. I understand that the fans come tomorrow to enjoy, come to help us, but we are very clear that tomorrow is not a party, it is a very difficult football game and we have to focus on the game. ”
The application of his football concepts: “In three weeks we will be better and in a month, even more. We are better than I expected, but we still have time. Each session reduces the time of the concepts that must be assimilated. We are guaranteed to compete from you to you to the rival. ”
A good result in the first leg: “It is important to win for the most goals, I want that. Then you have to go outside and the games are very complicated. We will try to make a good game and understand what happens on the pitch. It's 180 minutes and I'm very clear that it will be a complicated tie. ”
Wu Lei: “The minutes he will play I don't know. The important thing is that you are already recovered from your injury. He later joined the group training sessions because of the contact issue, but he is already acquiring what we are looking for. It is suitable for tomorrow and we will see what time we give it. ”
Initial intensity: “My team will always be intense, that as our DNA, we must give one hundred percent always. I don't care about the 70th minute, we start at one. The device is not going to save anything. From the minute minus one, the team will already be intense. ”
Borja Iglesias: “He's our player, I can't play with a soccer player that isn't mine and he is. I am very happy with everyone's attitude and the best team that creates will come out. ”
Message to the fans: “I would like to and I am a lover that we can become a family, we will need people in the thickest moments. That the illusion becomes gasoline for the players, that would ask the fans ”.