Unai emery is aware that the Villarreal needs to react immediately if you want compete for European places. And for that reason he does not hesitate to qualify as “very important” the match at Mestalla after three stumbles in a row . Despite seeing his team trained to achieve victory, he does not hesitate to qualify Valencia as favorite for its history and for the “Mestalla factor”.
Key match
“It is a very important game where you have to find the regularity that we do not have. It is a derby, two rivals who compete for equal objectives for many years and now too. We respect Valencia a lot, it is a great club and institution, with a coach from success that gives it a personal touch, its hallmark. It has players who stand out for their past, present and future. At Mestalla they will push and try to win us over and submit to us. That is why we work with the idea of knowing that it will be very difficult and that we will need improve control, what we want to propose and efficiency “
A nice duel
“It is an attractive, beautiful game, two teams that will want to win with different ideas. I expect a great Valencia, with their style of play, and we will try to counter it with our own”
The need will not influence
“We both need points, but that will not be present. The needs will not be noticed, if not the desire to win for what a derby represents. For them it is to win it at home and for us the challenge of achieving it in that scenario. History says that Valencia is the favorite, and the present, that playing at home they should be. But we know that by giving our measure we can see a good Villarreal. That is the goal: to play with personality, to be competitive, be very present. ”
His background in Mestalla
“I do not live from the past, I live from the present. In football it is what commands, what you have done before serves as experience and learning to execute the present. Playing at Mestalla has its difficulty, but I see the team well, with enthusiasm to improve and work. I do not see doubts and yes positive responses. You have to improve regularly “
Because they are not regular
“It is an in-depth analysis, with many lines to improve. One is confidence, individually that of the players and as a team, and confidence must be regained. That will be done on a daily basis, with the results and seeing that in the field comes out what we work. At home we have lost too many opportunities: we drew with Granada and Cádiz and lost with Osasuna. They are only two points out of nine, but analyzing there has been a lack of success, specific errors that have cost us the victories and some Wrong referee decision. All this creates a negative emotional impulse that must be recovered, because all these players have proven to be capable of playing at this Villarreal. We also have to be more effective, both the players and myself with the elections in a demanding year with Champions “.
Wait for the best Valencia
“It will be the best Valencia, the one that beat Alavés or stood up to Madrid and Athletic, the one that beat Osasuna 1-4. They can have a good performance and if they recover certain injured, international and important players, it is a team with level to be aspiring to Europe “.
Play with your anxiety
“We must anticipate what should happen, but it is something we do not know, so we plan the game with a great Valencia, with its people and demanding ourselves to the fullest. From there we will see what happens and we will see what we can do. But we wait for Valencia in its best version. “
