The technician of the Sevilla FCXavi García Pimienta, spoke to the media this Friday in advance of the duel against Barcelona. A match that comes after the international break, in which up to eleven Sevilla players have left with their national teams. The Catalan has valued very positively the fact that so many footballers have been called up by their national teams and he highlighted the case of Peque: «I have already scolded him for scoring sooner with the national team than with Sevilla. I am very happy for his commitment and I know what he is capable of giving. He is aware of his qualities and his weaknesses, he still has a lot of room for improvement and we have to continue demanding. “We are very proud that the national team has called him up, but we have to continue improving.”
Another who has also been called up by his under 21 team has been Tanguy Nianzou. The player has started this course the most strongly and has received this reward. For Pimienta, the center-back can still give much more and is convinced of his potential: «With Nianzou I am very happy. They had told me about his potential, when I met him in preseason I saw him and he has earned the right to be a starter. He went to the under 21 because he was doing well here, he has desire and room for improvement. I think that the Tanguy that we are seeing now will have nothing to do with the one that ends the season.”
He also talked about the bad experience they had Iheanacho and Ejuke with Nigeria, The players were locked up for more than 13 hours in an airport and they returned without playing the second of the scheduled duels against Libya: «That situation is very unpleasant, professional players who have to spend so much time in an airport. I believe that this cannot happen, here the federations have to be much more attentive to all these types of situations, because spending practically a day in an airport, they told me that with almost no sleep and almost no food, this cannot be allowed. . I hope that both Sevilla and the federations have taken note and that at least it doesn’t happen again. But luckily they have arrived in full condition, therefore perfect.
A message to the quarry
Reviewing the level of his players, Pimienta referred to the homegrown players and he sent them a message: «Let’s see, we have Sevilla Atlético with very high-level players. Many of them have already done the preseason with us and I know them perfectly. Many come to train on a daily basis and there are players who have the potential and profile to rise to the first team. What we are not going to do is simply upload players for the sake of uploading it so that it remains an anecdote. In the end the players have to know that it is a team of First division. That it is a team potentially wanting to achieve important things and they have to earn it. And I have no fear, no problem that a player who is in the reserve team, if he earns it and the team needs him, immediately goes up to the first team. Naturally, once you are there, you have to earn your way to play, but naturally Sevilla has plenty of potential and players in its grassroots football, in its youth team, in this case in Sevilla Atlético, so that tomorrow they will be first team players. «.
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