Everything is going well for Míchel. Girona closes the 17th day as leader of the First Division, after beating Alabès tonight (3-0) in the last match of 2023 in Montilivi. Personality, resources and trust. Watching the team play is a joy.
LEADER WITH 44 POINTS
“There are still two games left to finish the first round, but it’s incredible. At the level of Madrid, Barça and Atlético, the level of champions. We have to go game by game and recognize that these players are making history. We minimized Alabès, that he couldn’t run. It’s a super good game of ours that we knew we needed. I don’t put a ceiling because the players are at a very high level. Up to 3-0, we played an incredible game.”
EFFECTIVENESS
“Our chances are very clear. We arrive with a lot of people, although it is true that Porto has invented a goal. In many situations we have a clear advantage to score a goal. We look at the quality of the finishes. The team has had a great game. More than the effectiveness, the team is clear about how to generate goal situations. We occupy the spaces in the area very well.”
THE MESSAGE
“We may lose. Let’s look at the next match, Betis is a very nice but very difficult match. We are there on our own merits. Madrid are very good, Barça and Atlético have scored but they will be there for sure, Athletic will fight for the Champions League. Being among them speaks very well of us. Later we will see our reality.”
COUTO
“He has pain in his hamstring.”
LUIS GARCÍA PLAZA
“I was very afraid of Alabès because they are having a great season. It is very difficult to create scoring chances for them and we managed to score three of them. I have the feeling that we controlled and minimized the possibility of them going out in transition. to earn the right to fight for the league on matchday 30. We must enjoy this moment, we always win for the fans.”
THE PLAYERS
“The players have always been there. With the performance of those who are playing, it is difficult to change them. I don’t want to forget any of them. The day to day can keep us as high as possible.”
CANDIDATE FOR EVERYTHING
“I get a lot of information, that’s why I talk about the new dimension. It’s a privilege to fight among the greats.”
BETIS
“Winning today gives us energy so that the player arrives in the best conditions. We don’t have time to prepare the game on the field, we will do it via video.”
For his part, the coach of Alabès, Luis García Plaza, commented after the defeat at Montilivi (3-0) that “we played badly, it’s very simple”: “We played the worst match of the year and that we wanted to do our best. We can only put our heads down, admit our mistakes and move on. We have to play better football. It wasn’t us and we don’t have to do any drama. We lost in the leader’s field, but we didn’t lived up to what we want to be.” “Everything was missing. I’m not happy. We had a bad game in everything. It’s clear that Girona is better, but we couldn’t compete with them because we weren’t at the level. Playing football well encompasses many things. It has come together a good game for them with a bad game for us. I am the first responsible. The boys deserve all my love, I am not angry at all,” he said. And he added: “Girona is a candidate for everything. Let’s treat it as what it is. It has great merit what it is doing, competing with Madrid, Barça and Atlético. It has a very, very good squad, it must be among the top eight for sure. Chapeau with Míchel. I’m passionate.”
2023-12-18 22:53:19
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