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Vicente Moreno does not trust a rival who has only won one away game: “He competes very well and will make things difficult for us”
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It will be the fifth consecutive game that the Blue and Whites have played outside of the weekend
Almost a month has passed since the last game that the Spanish played at home. The team said goodbye to the RCDE Stadium with an exciting victory over Levante and since then he has spent two rounds of the Cup, lost in Vigo and won at Mestalla on New Year’s Eve with a great comeback starring the debutant Jofre Carreras With which he solved the pending subject of winning out in the League.
The visit of Elche, a team that also decreases its performance far from its stadium, it seems propitious to start the second round on the right foot and begin to define what Espanyol is going to aspire to between now and the end of the season. “The best remains, but the most difficult”, summarized Vicente Moreno, which together with the Christmas decorations also wants to park the euphoria of the latest results. The Valencian coach does not trust the position of his rival. “It is a team that competes very well and will make things difficult for us. It will be a difficult match,” he predicts.
With 26 points Espanyol has reached the halfway point of the competition, although a very different balance at home (20) and away (6). “Repeating what we have achieved at home in this first round is difficult, but outside our stadium we have a lot of room for improvement. The hope is to improve the most recent. At the Elche field we draw. If we win, it will mean that we have improved something. “, explained the blue and white coach, looking for incentives.
Again during the week
The match will be on fifth in a row that Espanyol will play during the week. On Saturday he will play in Son Moix in the Cup, but the next two league games will be played on Tuesday the 15th in Cádiz and on Friday the 18th at home once morest Betis. “We care regarding our fans, we would like the days and times to be to your liking, although between them they would not agree either. We are professionals and we are used to it, many times I do not know if it is Monday, Thursday or Sunday, what I look at are the days of preparation between games “, analyzed the Masanasa coach.
Moreno will not be able to count on him injured David López, but it also hinted that perhaps some of the five players affected by the covid (whose names have not been officially revealed) might remain low on this day. By discard, it is regarding Yangel, Morlanes and Miguelón. The Elche, who under the baton of Francisco has improved its image but not so much its results (a victory in four days), he will not be able to count on Fidel or Diego. The coach himself will see the game from a box due to suspension.
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Francisco sees many dangers
Elche will face Madrid in the Copa del Rey, but its situation in the League (it is out of relegation due to the goal) makes the visit to Cornellà extremely important. “Raúl de Tomás He is very decisive in the area, but we have not prepared the game just thinking regarding him, they have other players like Yangel, Darder, Embarba, all of them extremely dangerous. We have to be brave and try to get the three points with a very great capacity for sacrifice. “
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