Imanol Alguacil today showed his ambition to beat Villarreal and Atlético from Madrid to finish in the sixth position final, if Betis fail in the fifth, and repeat the Europa League for the third consecutive year, although to start tomorrow Unai Emery’s team will be very difficult to beat.
Imanol does not believe that this could be the day that decides the Europa League. “It could be that we lose and, even and everything, on the last day we win and Villarreal lose and we get ahead, so you never know… Our goal right now is to win both games, even if they are very complicated, against two Champions teams, to hold on to sixth place and see if Betis punctures and we can be fifth”, he opined.
Being seventh would also be a season, until recently we have fought with Atlético to be fourth
Would being seventh at the end detract from the Real’s campaign? “If we are seventh, it will be a season, I am clear, but the objective is to be fifth, we are also clear. I think that having been fighting until recently with Atlético is worth mentioning. And I insist that we want to be fifth , but being sixth or seventh will be a season”, he replied.
Imanol wanted, once again, to highlight his players. “If we are talking about the fact that next year we are already in Europe, it is because of the great work of the players, they have been the ones who have achieved all this and we must congratulate them”, he said.
Like Thursday night has lamented the lack of goal, to have aspired to more. “For me, not only in the last games, but already in the intermediate phase of the championship, when we were superior to our rivals and were able to win by more than one goal, that’s when we pushed the team the hardest, because that’s when a team has to become strong.” and bring out the competitive gene. Once it’s over, there’s nothing to do, but we’ve worked well, because against Betis, Barcelona, Levante and the first half of Rayo we’ve worked well”, he underlined.
Villarreal is having a season and has a Champions squad. Your casualties? I don’t know about Unai…
Imanol knows of Villarreal’s potential. “He is having a season. At home in the League he has only lost two games, in the Champions League he has reached the semifinals… He is a Champions squad. They have Parejo who puts it wherever he wants, also Lo Celso, they have Gerard, Alcaer, Pau, Albiol, Capoue and more…”, he praised.
He has been told about the casualties that the yellow team may have. “The casualties? I don’t know Unai, I know him very well, what a fox… We coincided in the subsidiary, he took advantage of all the advantages of football to take advantage… It doesn’t matter which players come out, it’s going to be a very complicated game There is no doubt about the great work of Unai, who with Imanol Idiakez has won a plus”, he insisted.
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