Yes last Wednesday Jon Perez Bolo appeared in the El Toralín press room together with Yuri and Ríos Reina to publicly assume the goal of playing the playoff for promotion to First Division, this Friday he did so in the preview of the match against Las Palmas speaking openly of finals in each and every one of the matches that remain until the end of the season.
The Ponferradina coach assured that Sunday’s game It is “the first of nine finals” and “we need to win because we haven’t done it for quite a few games. If we succeed, we will take an important step, both in the standings and emotionally, to face those finals that remain with a plus”.
To move forward with these games, Bolo assured that the heart cannot be above the head during the 90 minutes of play: “We have to be calm on the pitch. It is a difficult game, but it is the rival who is behind and who cannot fail. We have to bring out our good things and not make mistakes. You have to play with heart and intensity, but the head is fundamental. We have to be calm and enjoy, being the Ponferradina that has made us be where we are now”.
De Las Palmas highlighted Bolo’s “positive dynamics” that has allowed him to “position himself to fight for the playoff thanks to the latest results. We are going to try to play a good game to beat them. They have a very complete squad with good players in all lines, but above individualities we look at the team”.
The coach ruled out both the suspended Saverio and Copete and the injured Agus Medina and Sergi Enrich for Sunday, although he assured that there will be no important changes in the eleven: “If we tell the players not to go crazy, we’re not going to do it either.”