Juan Ignacio Martínez, who has been very satisfied with his team’s victory over Girona, considers that Zaragoza has been growing during the course of the course and looks forward to the final stretch of the championship: “Why not dream? It’s difficult, of course, and the next game is going to mark the season. The derby is going to be the match of the year because from then on I think we could dream of more things”.
Assessment: “I like to suffer, but not so much. I think we deserved one more goal. Girona is a team with a lot of resources and I am doubly happy with the effort of the players. It was a game of patience because there are times when you don’t have the ball and the fans have understood that. Hopefully this is the turning point. The derby is going to be the game of the year because from then on I think we could dream of more things”.
Confidence: “We have had many peaks in the saw, but I think the team has been growing during the course of the season. There was talk of absent players and the important thing is that whoever plays takes that little step forward. I keep that confidence and that team spirit of knowing what we want at all times. Why not dream? It’s difficult, of course, and the next game is going to mark the season”.
Good against those above: “There are teams that come and give you the ball so that you make mistakes and go on the counterattack. That cost us points. Girona is a very good team, it seems like they don’t do anything and when you realize it you’ve conceded a goal”.
Best game of the season?: “Míchel has not wanted to take away any merit from us and I thank him. He has said that Zaragoza has known how to neutralize their routes. The best match? In such a long season I don’t remember, but it was a match in which we played very well in space, we generated and that second goal was able to come”.
Match against Huesca: “It has its connotations for that healthy rivalry that a derby supposes. They have one more point than us and they will also be dreaming and thinking of higher levels and of course we have to go to Huesca to try to bring us the three points”.
Eugene: “The good thing is that after suffering that blow to the knee he has been playing for a while longer. Obviously, when he has cooled down we have had to make the change. I haven’t talked to him and I suppose tests will have to be done, but I hope and hope it’s nothing. In addition, we have already had the bad luck of Borja’s fifth yellow card, since he is in a sweet spot with the great goal he has scored”.
Borja Sainz’s great goal: “It reminded me of those spoons of the mythical Raúl. A goal of genius.”
club sale: “Yesterday the club’s general manager came and was talking to us. It was brief, a first contact, since what he was interested in was today’s game. Starting tomorrow, if these people come to the club, we will meet them personally. Our obligation is the team and I imagine that when they arrive at the club they will already make their decisions”.
The Romareda: “The atmosphere reminded me of Huesca day. I enjoy a lot in the stadium and what made the hostile environment feel bad has been erased. There is no longer any reproach towards anyone and the fans themselves are enjoying themselves. Hopefully it will be a victory of many in the coming days”.
Borja Sainz, low against Huesca
Borja Sainz, author of the great goal that gave Zaragoza the victory, will be absent against Huesca having seen the fifth yellow card in discount time when he was already on the bench for “rdelay putting the ball into play, with the intention of wasting time, when the opposing team was going to put the ball into play”, as Iglesias Villanueva reflected in the minutes. In addition, JIM will have to keep an eye on Eugeni’s evolution, who had to be replaced after suffering a heavy blow to his right knee.