Sevilla coach, Xavi García Pimienta, has spoken about the match this coming Friday that will pit the Seville team against Espanyol. The Sevillistas visit Barcelona again to play matchday 11 of LaLiga after falling resoundingly in Montjuic last Sunday. Regarding this defeat, the Catalan coach clarified that “the group is doing well” and that the duel has served to “know where the team is”: “We face the game against Barça with all the enthusiasm and desire in the world. He told us where we are in the world, the result was very conclusive. We fell apart after the second goal, I said it was after the penalty, but I correct that. We have to be aware that we are in a rebuilding process, it was a tough defeat, but it helps us to be realistic.” And he added: “Barça is very good, we already knew that. The party tells us where we are right now and tells us the path we have to follow. I don’t care, because if they had lost yesterday, Barça is just as good. “It makes us be realistic and know that we have room for improvement.” Regarding the penalty against in Montjuic, the coach has acknowledged that for him “it is not a penalty”, but he did not want to excuse himself after this action: “When you finish the game and you have lost 5-1… I don’t know to what extent you can complain about a penalty. Peque touches the Barcelona player, but I don’t think it’s enough for a penalty… the referee was in front, there is a VAR and he doesn’t correct it, so it will be a penalty.” The Catalan has insisted that the team is still making and that the reconstruction must continue this Friday against Espanyol. For Pimienta, the goal now is to win away from Sánchez-Pizjuán, something that Sevilla has not yet done this season: «Now we face a tough team, with a coach that I love. They are a very strong team at home and we have not yet won away from home. I am convinced that we are going to give everything, it is a game to pull out the teeth and go for victory from the first hour.” Confidence in work Reviewing the level offered by the team so far this season, Pimienta recalled that Sevilla has competed in all the games, except in Vitoria and against Barcelona: «We are a competitive and winning team. We have competed in most of the games very well, we leave the Vitoria and Barcelona game aside, but the reality of being in growth marks us. There is joy because people see that we are on the path and that when we are one hundred percent we can beat anyone. We continue on that path, but we cannot relax, what we want is to win. “I am convinced that tomorrow we will see a great Sevilla, aggressive, that will compete and that, regardless of the result, the fans will be feel proud “I am convinced that when the season ends we will be much better than we are right now,” he insisted. Finally, the Sevilla coach has taken issue with the fact that no striker has yet scored so far this season: “I think that except for Barça’s day, we are the team that generates the most scoring chances. We lack efficiency. If our forwards didn’t create scoring chances, I would be worried, but since I see them finish in training I am not worried. “I stay calmer with the sensations that Peque, Isaac or Iheanacho transmit to me.”
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