LaLiga faces its last days and the teams are running out of time to secure their goals. There is less and less and the pressure grows. more for the clubs that wander the thin red line that separates staying in the First Division from relegation to the Second Division. Matchday 32, this weekend, will be key. Of the eight involved in the fight for salvation, six face each other on what may be a decisive date for the future. Elche-Mallorca (Saturday, 2:00 p.m.), Alavés-Rayo Vallecano (Saturday, 4:15 p.m.) and Granada-Levante (Sunday, 2:00 p.m.) They are the three high-tension clashes at the bottom.
When the matches are between direct rivals, the importance becomes transcendent, because there are no days to recover from a mistake
How do you manage so much pressure? How are those matches prepared? How do you live permanently on the wire? Lucas Alcaraz he is an expert in those choking. He saved Levante, Racing, Granada… The coach knows what he is talking about and the relevance that he may have this weekend for the future of these teams involved in saving. “When the matches are between direct rivals, the importance becomes transcendent, because there are no days to recover a failure. They are matches that are won with the heart, but they are played with the head. Managing emotions is very important. It’s not about playing a great game, but about making as few mistakes as possible,” he says.
It’s not about playing a great game, but about making as few mistakes as possible
So is salvation
The match A, B and C
Alcaraz explains how he trains this type of decisive confrontation. “You have to be prepared for the different types of matches. The one I prepare the least for is A, that is, the one with tactics. Then this the B, the one that you start losing and the C, the one that you start winning. Match A on matchday thirty-something everyone already knows. The problem is the B or the C and you have to see yourself emotionally and footballingly in those circumstances”he assures.
Must think
The player has to know how to deal with any situation he may encounter: “The important thing is that he knows how to win the game. In those meetings, what the heart has to give you, it will give you without requesting it. The hard part is thinking.”
In those meetings, what the heart has to give you, it will give you without requesting it. it’s hard to think
Lucas has also fought for other more friendly dimensions and recognizes that he is very different: “I have played to ascend and it has nothing to do with it. Playing for illusion is not the same as playing for fear. Illusion is a motor and fear, a brake. Having experience in these situations is very important.”.
Welcome to the day of fear
