Lucas Alcaraz assured this Thursday at the press conference prior to matchday 32, which will face UD Ibiza against Andorra in the Principality (Saturday, 2:00 p.m.), that his team has worked “well” during the week despite insufficient goalless draw harvested last weekend against Villarreal B. «With the illusion and the challenge that we have ahead of us and with the peace of mind that on Saturday everything happened on the field despite the fact that this sport and sometimes you get the desired result and sometimes not”, declared the coach from Granada, who stressed that they have “many games without knowing defeat [una en las siete últimas jornadas]”For what he considers that they have to” continue on that path but obviously adding victories.” The one this Saturday in Andorra will be “demanding”, as Alcaraz admitted, but they are “convinced” that with the work they are developing they can “take it forward”.
The Andalusian coach acknowledged that “every game is a final”, given that UD Ibiza is 12 points away from permanence with 11 games to go, but he pointed out that the team “needs to play organized” and even more so against an Andorra that “dominates possession to all teams in the category. «We have a special treatment for the game and we want to win, but with pride you don’t win; You win when you work rationally and with controlled emotions and appropriate tactical behaviors, “said Alcaraz, who will maintain the drawing he has been working with since he arrived:” I like to adjust the system, which is different for each game. When you are able to fit into the same system, you have mastered that system, and I prefer to work with the things that I master.
Regarding the club’s support for his work and confidence in the results, he assured that they have not received any message from the board, although he stressed that “everyone” is “convinced that we are in line.” «The results do not guarantee it, but when you do not concede defeats you are closer to winning. The ‘feedback’ from both the squad and the property, the technical team and the sports management are positive. We have to grow in that good environment”, stressed the coach from Granada. One of the things that are keeping the team “fighting and being alive, and being respected by all the rivals,” added Alcaraz, “is that we are in a good climate, a good day to day and that the team He works well in matches.”
Despite all this good atmosphere, the figures place the sky-blue team on the brink of relegation, something that is not alien to the Ibizan dressing room. “The challenge is very complicated. If our heads go there [a hacer números sobre la salvación] We have many examples like Eibar’s, which achieved it in 98-99. But I don’t want my head to go to the examples, but to the game on Sunday. The same thing that we won in Leganés, we can win in Andorra, and then the following week put our heads back to zero”, argued Alcaraz, who stressed that in order to achieve the goal they need to “enter the door every Monday and put our heads to a point zero”.
As for the casualties for the game, Pape Diop, who is completing the yellow cycle, Lukas Julis after his expulsion against Villarreal B, and Nolito due to physical discomfort will not enter the squad.
