Vila-real (Castellón) Jan 20 (EFE).- Villarreal coach, Marcelino García Toral, assured this Monday that his team had “ten stellar and very precise minutes” in their match against Mallorca that he took advantage of to seal the match.
“The first half was great. Some players have been at a high level of brilliance and we played well as a team,” explained the coach, who pointed out that to be at the top of the table Villarreal needs to improve its numbers at home.
“We played the first half we wanted, knowing that it is difficult to maintain that level of efficiency,” commented the Asturian, who admitted that he hardly had time to think “but rather to enjoy” during the seven minutes in which his team scored the four goals.
“It was a wave, it seemed like a training session in which we were super precise. These footballers have a lot of capacity and if the attacking players come together with the precision they have had, what happened today can happen,” said Marcelino, who pointed out that the goals were more “our merit than the rival’s demerit.”
Marcelino also appreciated that Villarreal has managed to keep a clean sheet, in addition to the high competitive level it demonstrated “against a direct rival.”
Regarding his team’s goal in the championship, the Asturian assured that fourth place is an “illusion”, since the most realistic challenge is “to enter Europe, which is the place where Villarreal has been in recent times.” seasons.”
-Marcelino praised the game played by Gerard Moreno and highlighted that his team has started the second round of the League well, in which “everything becomes more difficult.”
The coach indicated that the match cannot hide the team’s need to go to the transfer market, as he warned that the club must be “foresight” in the face of possible injuries and always try to maintain “competitiveness” in the squad. EFE
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