Girona

“A match against one of the most powerful teams, a priori, in the competition. They’ve come from the First Division which allows them to have a greater financial capacity, with a squad made up of very important players. With their highly identifiable style of play, and with the arrival of Juan Carlos Unzué, that style again brings continuity. Hopefully it’ll be a very competitive match”.

Personality

“We’ve prepared this match to minimise the rival’s strengths, counteract their style of play, play a tough game and make the most of it. We’ll try to be dominant, as we always do in all our matches, regardless of whether we’re home or away, in order to have the most possession possible, be effective and prevent the rivals generating clear opportunities”.

Optimist

“In that sense the team is working very well, as we’ve seen in the first two matches. Regardless of whether we can incorporate new players to the team, our self-demand is always to improve. Thinking about what we have to focus on, the certainties and the realities, not in options that are not set in stone. In that scenario we maintain the enthusiasm to compete and do our job with optimism and hope to be better every day”.

Fixed image and closing of the transfer window

“What we, the coaching team likes to do the most is our job, and we accept the difficulties associated with management. We hope the operation will be finalised so we can have the most competitive team possible, which we’ll see at the end of the transfer window. There we’ll see that fixed image that I spoke about on the day of my presentation, that we understood it was going to be a long road during the pre-season due to all the difficulties that currently prevail in football. Once the transfer window has closed, we can see the fixed image of the team and stop being distracted by other situations, which we keep isolated”.