The Albinegro coach assures that Sunday’s game is to “confirm” that the club wants to fight for the ‘playoff’ positions, without forgetting the 4-1 win over Las Palmas in the first leg
Okazaki, Boateng, Nacho Gil, Ortuño and Neskes are the players who this Sunday (Cartagonova, 6:15 p.m.) could be the replacements for Pablo de Blasis in the eleven. The Argentine soccer player is definitely out to receive Las Palmas, after being in quarantine since Wednesday and confirming, on Thursday in a PCR test, his positive for coronavirus. It is a sensitive absence to which Luis Carrión, as usual, did not give greater importance this Friday: “We have to continue to be a competitive block, whoever plays,” he assured, at the press conference prior to the match.
In that appearance, the coach of Efesé called to look beyond the goal of 50 points. “It is a risky message, but it has cost the club a lot to get here, I could sit down and talk here about the mythical 50 points. What about that message? That when you get 50 points it’s over, and we don’t want that. Efesé has the opportunity to leave Las Palmas “6 points” away and, incidentally, take advantage of this direct confrontation between Girona and Ponferradina. The Albinegro team, if they win, could consolidate not only that sixth place but also surpass ‘Ponfe’ and get into fifth position.
If the victory against Fuenlabrada (3-0) was access to the ‘playoff’, the appointment against Las Palmas would allow “confirm” that Cartagena is indeed a candidate to fight for those high positions in the classification. Carrión also insisted on the good connection with the stands. “They see players kill each other and people are excited.”
Carrión is going to face a professional colleague this Sunday, García Pimienta, whom he knows perfectly: they both met at La Masía, in the 90s, and they have that Barça DNA in their football. Both, moreover, were born in Barcelona. For García Pimienta, recently landed on the Las Palmas bench, it will be his first away game. “They beat us well in the first leg [4-1] and we have to have that in our heads”, recalled Carrión.
The team plays in Malaga on Monday 28
The Catalan wanted to clarify, as a result of the TRUTH interview with Antoñito, that the Sevillian had “moments to play but he did not do it by technical or tactical decision; I have commented a few times that it annoys me to leave people who deserve it without playing. Antoñito is a fucking motherfucker and I have no complaints. The club learned this Friday that it will play in Malaga on Monday 28, at 9:00 p.m. It was the only close trip for the mobilization of the albinegra fans.