The sports director of Real Valladolid, Fran Sánchez, went through the microphones of Cadena SER and gave a complete review of the current situation of his team, starting with his vision of the next game against the leader Almería and the pressure that it can entail: “I like the phrase of an NBA coach ‘pressure is the privilege of those who aspire to glory’. We face the game naturally. We know the demands of the season, but we face it as one more game, also knowing that people want to see us win. We are a big club in the category and we have to aspire to win every game. “
The sports director found on his arrival with an overload of staff, 39 contracts and a team to make him fight for promotion, a complicated task: “We arrived knowing these conditions and we tried to do our best. Due to the covid the market was very stopped. and also the club experienced an economic situation that was not bad but needed to make sales at the treasury level, so the sale of Marcos André unblocked the situation and allowed us to make entries and exits of players. There were many changes including the coach and we are very happy. We had to change the dynamics of last year, go back to being a winning team and we are working on it, trying to grow and we are to death with the players and coaching staff “.
Fran Sánchez was happy with the performance of the incorporations he achieved this summer: “For me the most important thing is the team and the qualification of the players will have to be done at the end of the season. Each player comes with a role, Sergio León is not the same as Hugo Vallejo’s. We also signed Diogo thinking about having five centers thinking about how the coach played. Plata is also very young and needs everyone’s help to grow, although he is spending a lot of time away with the national team. “
These absences due to international calls bring Pacheta down the path of bitterness and the sports director confirmed that the club supports the coach 100%: “We are aligned with the coach because we defend the interests of Real ValladolidAlthough it is not just our issue, it affects all teams, fans and the League itself. It doesn’t make sense, the league should stop. Those responsible must reconsider since it is about improving the show. “The question after this assessment was whether Valladolid had explored the possibility of requesting that the game be postponed when those circumstances concur, as has been done in some of the First Division:” The club This information has been transferred internally, as have other clubs. It cannot be that we lose players in full competition for almost two weeks between leaving, playing, returning and getting back into dynamics“.
The three consecutive defeats and the weak start of the team could cause doubts at all levels, including himself Pacheta: “One of the most proud that I am of the club since I arrived is of the people who are inside. They had a bad time last year and in times of adversity is where people are known. They are together, they are positive and trustworthy and of eta The way it is easier to get out of small bumps. During the season difficult times will come and the closer we are all together, including the fans and the press, I think we will be closer to achieving success. “
Performance of Wave he is being very low and Sánchez hopes that it will be temporary: “I trust that he will soon recover his best version. I know him well, he is a great player who is working to find his best version. It is difficult for him to have been performing at a high level for several seasons in First and now having to do it in Second, but together we are helping him to get back to his best level. I have full confidence and facing the group does not stop adding, collaborating on everything with the staff. They are natural processes, there is healthy competition and it is the coach who decides. In summer there was interest from other teams for him, but the club looks after their interests “.
Regarding the Hervías issue, the situation is complicated and he is expected to return after Christmas: “He is a boy for whom I have a lot of appreciation. He has a fantastic human quality and brings a lot of positive energy in the dressing room. We think that in September he could play , but he had to undergo surgery and right now is within the deadlines set by the doctors. We hope he recovers because he is an important player for the category. “
The problem is that without Hervías or Vallejo, the options per band decrease and it is forcing Pacheta to look for solutions such as putting Kike or Anuar in those areas and the winter market could bring reinforcements in those positions: “It could be a possibility, but hopefully not having to resort to the winter market, that will mean that the team is doing well and does not need it. We want the best for the team and If we understand that signing a player is the best, we will try to do it. The winter market is complicated and expensive. “
Regarding the Cup that is raffled this Thursday, Fran Sánchez said that “I like it; is an engaging competition that gives lower ranked teams a chance to go fars. we hope that we will touch a close rival and wherever it is we will leave the Valladolid shield as high as possible “.
To finish he spoke of the bad situation of the Promises: “We knew that it would be a complicated category and that we would have very important casualties. We have had to make a significant cost reduction by being in Second Division and although the idea is to train players, we are demanding and want to save the category. We try to make the squad as competitive as possible within limitations. There are players who are better than when they started and even if we have lowered something at stake, we have to find the best version again and the coaching staff is there. Within the training we will try to improve in the January market, knowing the club that we are and that betting on young people has its toll “.
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