Málaga CF coach said about the teams situation “we can speak of many things, but words run out, what’s important are the facts and the work we do, that keeps us with the confidence and credibility that things are going to change and we are going to do well".

This week, the team has played a number of games with "little time for preparation, the positive thing is that we have a chance to immediately achieve a good result and having such a short time in between helps you focus quickly in the next match".

Talking about the inclusion of Pablo Fornals to the first team, the technician said "they are hard choices whenever we make a team sheet. Pablo is back because he is training well and deserves that opportunity".

Javi Garcia praised Rafa Benítez’s team selection and the Malaguistas chances of getting a good result: "Benitez has a balanced team, very strong defensively, rarely conceding a goal and offensively, you still have the same potential. A dangerous team and a logical candidate to win the La Liga clash”. He went on to say “Our options are to go and defend well whilst trying get out fast. We will focus ourselves collectively on the match”.