Crucial match

“Tomorrow’s match is tremendously important, if we want to re-engage ourselves in an area we have to reach through victory. After losing in Vitoria, our situation is incredibly complicated, yet we are still the same. We only have the reference of tomorrow’s match to achieve something we’ve been looking for for some time, which is more stability”.

The line-up, following tomorrow’s training

“Iturra will be called-up, we haven’t managed to get Adrián’s situation to move forward, neither do we have many resources. We’ll announce the line-up tomorrow. We also have Borja in doubt, who suffered a blow in Tuesday’s training and has had some discomfort which he hasn’t recovered from, so we’ll make a decision tomorrow”.

The rival

“Espanyol is a team with defensive stability. They are a very good block, in the style of Quique, with quality players upfront such as Sergio, Gerard, or pacey players like Piatti and Baptistato. It’s strange that they’re so low down in the rankings, but they’ve also had games where they could have won. They’ll be tough to beat”.

Not giving up

“Beyond the disappointment, poor results and the situation we’re in, and have been in all season, the players do not give up in their efforts, and train to the max within our qualities – that I insist on”.