The Madrid coach wants to continue stringing together wins and nothing more
Today in front of Granada C.F. could be the fifth consecutive game in which Raise UD win and the third in line under the baton of Xavier Calleja. There is no doubt that the Levantinist painting It is another one since Mehdi Nafti left the technical direction, and since the coach from Madrid took over.
Although the last 4 matches have been victories and has raised them in the standings, Calleja does not want to lower his guard and says that he is going for the 3 points Yes or yes. “The tie is never worth it to me, we are going to win any field. Otherwise, I would betray myself and if you play to draw, you will most likely end up losing”, the coach said confidently at a press conference.
“Granada is the best local in the league” Calleja before the big duel
In the statements of the Madrid coach prior to the great league clash, he stated that the Nazarí team is the best local team in LaLiga Smartbank 2022-23, and it is so. In the 6 games they have played this season in Los Cármenes, they have won 5 and drawn 1. It is clear that for Levante it will be a more than complicated game.
“We are facing the best local team in the League, they are becoming strong at home and they are doing things very well. It is a First team that this year is in Second. They have dynamite up top, with players with a lot of punch and who believe in what they’re doing”. Calleja knows that this commitment is very different from the others, so there could be important changes in the starting squad.
Calleja knows that to achieve promotion they must beat Granada and any strong LaLiga Smartbank team
Javier Calleja’s main objective is to achieve promotion but he wants to do it in a particular and special way, being champion of LaLiga Smartbank 2022-23. At a minimum, he wants to be runner-up since he wants to return the Granota team to the first division directly.
“The objective is to go up and we are going to fight to go up directly and we have a team for it. Little by little we are climbing and we will fight to always be among the first two”. At the moment the Valencian club is fifth with 22 points to 5 behind the leader Burgos. A victory would leave them in fourth place as long as Eibar loses to Las Palmas, which is also untouchable.