Eder Sarabia: “I’m calm, this team is very good”
Andorra is already in Granada to play the match on Saturday. The tricolor team, in order not to see the fight for the playoff from afar, needs to win again and that is the only objective. The last two defeats, against Burgos and Albacete, have created a sense of revenge in the locker room and Eder Sarabia was clear: “The opportunity is wonderful to play a great game.” The technician, who has cited Álex Valle, the brand new left-back, so that he already enters into dynamics, he will not be able to sit on the bench because he is sanctioned. Nor will the center-back Álex Pastor be there, who saw the red card against Albacete. As for the team, Marc Vidal will remain as a starter in goal. Since November 28, 2022, in Ibiza, that Andorra has not won and wants to end this game in Granada.
Getting up after falling against Albacete: “The team already had personality and it came at the end of the game. The results are not arriving lately, but we have to focus on what is in our hands. Focused on soccer and training like savages, like we do. There is little left to compete, in a wonderful field, against incredible players. The opportunity is wonderful to play a great game”.
Granada at home: “Surely we are not at his best. They do have the obligation to be on top and ascend. It is a complicated field and the longer you go without losing, the closer you are to doing so. I don’t think our visit is what gives them the most peace of mind because we compromise our rivals a lot both at home and abroad. They have many virtues, but they have to be focused on us and have that little bit of hunger in every offensive and defensive action, you have to believe. There has not been any team that has been superior during a big match, to continue there and convinced that we are on the right track ”.
Speech in defense of his Andorra: “He always prioritizes the way, the process and when there are things that are not right, I have said them. But now I think we’re doing things right. Sometimes we lose perspective of where we come from and take things for granted. I analyze the game a lot, because it’s my job, in every game and then I try to be rigorous and objective. I am very calm because this team is very good. Of course we would like to generate more chances, but we are the ones with the most when it comes to key plays. Another thing would be not to generate, but it is that our wingers receive ten or 12 times in situations of being able to face… when you put a team behind, it is difficult for any block in the world. But looking with perspective you see that we have 32 points, we are tenth, how we enjoy ourselves, what we generate in our rivals and now we are going to Granada to enjoy another great match”.
Pressure: “My obligation and job is to focus the players on the positive side. You have to be demanding and try to understand why the expulsion came the other day or how we profiled ourselves in the last meters. The footballers see me with energy, who always transmit positivity because I feel it and believe it. We are capable of making the team believe that they can win in any scenario”.
Two months without winning away: “We won in Ibiza and perhaps that day was the one we least deserved. We played in Burgos and it was a game to win 1-4 and we lost. If we look at the results in the last eight games we would say that my goodness… but our obligation is to go into more detail. And 90 percent of what he has to do is reinforce and the other 10 percent correct. But from the conviction and absolute trust. And after any player who enters well. I am calm and that is what I transmit to the players”.
Grenada analysis: “They are a team with a lot of tactical variety, we are prepared for them to play us with different systems. With two lanes that always compromise you, with central defenders with a good aerial game and filtering passes. They have players above who solve individually. We, as always, the more we defend away from our goal, the better. And the better we attack, the less they will have the ball. You have to be brave and aggressive, it’s a tough opponent to control in 90 minutes. There will be times when people are going to hug you and we must be prepared. But the team is mentally prepared to overcome those moments and from the illusion and conviction we will go to enjoy”.
He will see the game from the stands due to suspension: “Last year it already happened and there were 100 percent wins without me (two games, two wins). The people who are with me are there because we understand things in a similar way, they are prepared. I’ll be a little more nervous because I can’t participate, but the players have such an ability to read the game and find solutions that leave me alone”.
The goal: “Marc Vidal will continue to play. One of the debates that we have the most is in the goal because I feel that they are all very prepared. I have a wonderful goal, the other day it was Marc’s moment, he is young with a great present and a wonderful future. He is not so much to play and yes to become a goalkeeper. It is his time, he is doing very well and his teammates are very supportive of him. I have tremendous confidence in everyone and maybe I shouldn’t say it, but I’m really looking forward to Bombardó (central back) making his debut because he’s spectacular”.
The arbitration controversies in the duel against Albacete: “This week there has been a lot of repercussion. I always speak in relation to football, the essence, as a lover and passionate. I have also been the first to say that when we played against Oviedo they had only two days off and we had five. If this week serves to give VAR a spin, fine. And to see if it can be used a little better. But I’m lazy… that they let us play soccer and the referees try to hit it. Enjoy the show, make it a great game. Let’s talk about the ball, which is what we like”.