“It was a final in Huesca, Girona was a final and now we have another. We have a match ball to certify the permanence and with that intention we go, with the intention of trying to get the three points”said Abelardo Fernández before traveling to Madrid to face Fuenlabrada on the penultimate matchday of the league and that it would be decisive for the team’s luck this season if it wins.
Abelardo is clear that “if we don’t come out one hundred percent, Fuenlabrada will beat us for sure.” The team led by José Ramón Sandoval is already relegated but this circumstance makes it more dangerous. “We play against a team that does not play anything and that frees the footballer. In addition, there will be a lot of heat,” warned the coach from Gijón.
“We saw Zaragoza in Oviedo, who scored three goals against a rival who plays for play off. When the player doesn’t feel pressured by the result, he loosens up more”, recalled Abelardo, who has analyzed Fuenlabrada like any rival in any given week of the season. “It is an offensive team, which leaves players off the hook in attack and has footballers of proven quality who continue to be very good”, he said. For this reason, “If we relax, anyone wins”insisted the smurf.
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Last Sunday’s victory against Girona “was a liberation for everyone”, confessed Abelardo. But he assured that “relaxation came on Monday with the break”, because from then on the team is involved in this new final. “We want to win tomorrow so we don’t risk it on the last day. This gives relative peace of mind, but we know that we depend on ourselves. We’ve beaten Girona but we haven’t done anything,” stressed the Sporting coach
Abelardo Fernández traveled to Madrid pending the state of Jony’s health, who traveled with the entire squad but “didn’t have a good night”, revealed the coach who doesn’t want to talk about the future. Now he recognized that “I would love for Jony to continue at Sporting And I’m sure he’s going to do everything he can to stay here.”
The match will mean the reunion with José Ramón Sandoval, the coach who was replaced by Abelardo in the previous stage at Sporting. “If I were the coach of Fuenlabrada, I would be motivated, but not by Sporting but because I am a professional. If I didn’t play anything, I would push my players one hundred percent. That’s why It is very lawful for Sandoval to squeeze his players to the maximum to try to win”indicated the Pitu.