Marbella is the starting point of a Espanyol that aims to return to First Division at the end of the road. The coach of the blue and whites, Luis García, has reminded the parakeet fans that the goal of promotion will not be achieved “neither in December nor in March”, for which reason he asks for “patience” from a crowd from which he expects their full support.
“It’s going to be a very long road, promotion will not be achieved in December or March. There are teams that have achieved it at the end of June. We must be patient and be demanding on a day-to-day basis,” said the Asturian in an interview with the club’s media, where he assured that Espanyol will be “the rival to beat” in the Second Division.
“The team is at its best, mentally very strong. The holidays have been good for them. Last season was very hard. The team has grown based on very hard blows. It overcame many of them. It’s a pity that we didn’t achieve the objective. I see them with renewed energy and great responsibility, but above all as a group, a team”, he indicated about the squad, which this Sunday will play the first pre-season game against Cádiz in Marbella.
The coach explained that the summer “serves to get a good physical tone, but the most important thing is to unite the team and empathize.” “Knowing each other, after all, and being united. That’s what the players transmit,” he insisted on a blue and white team that knows the “responsibility” of returning to First Division.
“We are seen as coaches, but within that word there are many more things. There is management, being a psychologist, sometimes father when they come from the bottom, be a advisor, be close to the player and also train. The person must be treated first and then the footballer,” he explained of his role in the García Club, who reiterated his football intention to be “protagonist with a ball” although with nuances: “We must be strong in defense. We have to be a hard team. necessary “.
The coach, who arrived with eleven games to go before the end of last season, also analyzed the possible incorporations. “We have to normalize the market. There’s still a long way to go, it’s only just begun. The most important thing is that we have the base from last year. Our fans would love to see new faces… but we just have to tweak. We’ll see how the market evolves, we have to be patient.”
