Michel: “Elche and Rayo came here in the same situation as us in Eibar”

L’EQUIP

“Yesterday we were touched and today we got up with the feeling that we have a final ahead and we have to win them. We regret not having connected with the fans and not having given the field the energy that they transmitted to us from the first moment. We are hurt by that. Taking that out, we’ll turn the situation around on Sunday and see one Girona with positive energy. It’s a final and we can get to the next round. We just have to win. Players have no physical discomfort, beyond fatigue. We have made recovery. We are waiting for the sensations of Juncà i Borja. The rest, less Darius i Ibra, they are OK. It’s a game to compete 100%.

THE SITUATION

“Girona has always risen. We will. There is a story in the city that tells three times immortal. Girona does not die, nor does the club. Other way round. We have taken a hard hit, but we are able to reverse the situation. We lacked energy, not football. It is my responsibility to make the player understand that apart from the game plan, there is an emotional one. We have a city behind us with people suffering for us. We all know what our style is. We can’t disconnect with our people, we need soul and passion for the game to move forward. I have to free them from all this. We don’t have to think about the tactical aspect. We all have to push together. ”

L’EIBAR

“Eibar is a great team that has beaten us in all three games. We need to find solutions. Part of the solution is to play with the soul. They will die and so must we, in every duel. The goal is preceded by our mistake. We didn’t put a barrier in front of a player like that Aketxe which is a great pitcher. He made an impressive 40-meter goal, but it could have been avoided. The team didn’t broadcast and that hurts me, because when we are ourselves we play well. We have to convey enthusiasm, passion, soul. I asked them to compete each ball. Eibar can beat us and triple our budget, but we are able to do the same. We have to put it on the pitch. ”

THE IMPROVEMENT

“If we go to tactical work, we need to change the pace of the game. We are the second team of the League from behind the palms. It’s about soul, passion, aggression … I’ve been asking for energy since early morning. In the tactical aspect we all know each other, no one has doubts about what the other does. There is an identity, we have to be a team that goes forward. We missed it, we accumulated meaningless passes. It’s not a lack of quality or talent. ”

THE MESSAGE

“It simply came to our notice then. They have the experience of having gone in favor in the last game and not having achieved the goal. They have to put themselves in this situation from the opposite side. Elche i Ray they came here like us to Eibar: we only need to win ».

STOICHKOV

“I don’t know the circumstances of the Eibar squad, what I do know is the casualties. He’s an important player and we might find him on Sunday. They have a great squad and they can vary it, but they will not change the idea of ​​the game “.

THE COMEBACK

“Going to the open grave is a good word to define if we are going with proper protection. If we just look ahead, we will lose. Until his goal, I had the feeling that we did not look forward. We didn’t suffer big occasions, though exposition shot to the crossbar from outside the area … The game plan is to win. We have to play a good game in defense too and we have to be more vertical. We have the top scorer in the category and very good players.

THE PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT

“We already knew the strengths of Eibar. They could get up, but so could our players. They have experience, we have to move it to the field of play. Within a super assumed collective idea, we need to be a team with a much stronger mindset. It will be a very complicated match, but I don’t think Eibar will think about the next round. The statistics are there to break them: in the third it is the good one ”.

PAUL MORENO

“We needed to have more two-on-one and three-on-two situations on both sides of the area. Pablo did a good job, but many times in a situation of individual duel. There were not as many numerical superiorities as there should have been. Pablo put energy into it and had a positive change.