The Mallorca coach doesn’t want his team to fall again in the same way they did against Espanyol on matchday nine, which is why he will introduce changes to the starting XI.
Jagoba Arrasate, the Bermellón coach, said in the pre-match press conference ahead of the match against Alavés in Mendizorroza tomorrow at 9:00 p.m. that he does not want his players to present the same performance as against the ‘Espanyol. “I had the match against the Parrots in mind all week. Alavés can beat us, but we cannot show the same face as in our last defeat. We have to come out differently.”
The native of Berriatua will make changes after the great effort made on Monday against Athletic. “We made a huge effort. There will be changes. We just won three times and repeated the same eleven, then we lost to Espanyol, and sometimes to prevent that from happening we have to inject some hunger and freshness, and that’s what we’re going to do tomorrow,” he confirmed.
He hasn’t said whether he will change the game system, although it seems likely that he will. “We can move Antonio, Darder or Dani back and play with Robert Navarro in the middle. We can do different things. We have the plan decided. I liked the partnership of Manu Morlanes and Mascarell in midfield,” he said. -he explained.
The Mallorca coach spoke these days with Samú Costa after his expulsion in the last match. “I’m used to having conversations with him, and he knows he has to deal with these situations. The best way to correct is for something like this to happen, because when you’re really hurt, it’s where we start to change. He can’t wait for the next match to arrive,” he admitted.
The islanders visit the babazorros, who are on a five-game losing streak, and he warns that necessity is a virtue. “They are in a bad series of results, which they interrupted by winning a match in the Cup. With Luis García Plaza they achieved promotion and a tenth place. We know what they are capable of, they are courageous and will make it difficult for us. I expect the best Alavés, who have shown good football this year. It is true that they need points now, and I think that is a virtue. We also need them. we don’t know what will happen in the future,” he analyzed.
The coach also wanted to express his solidarity with the victims and those affected by DANA. “I want to show them all my solidarity and send them a lot of courage. In these situations, football takes second place.”
Finally, he gave his opinion on the protest of supporters who arrived late to watch the football match against Athletic. “The football we all knew is disappearing. You knew it was Sunday at 5 p.m. Fans don’t like it being Monday and Friday. That contributes to the complaints,” he mused .
