It was 20 years on December 22 since the last victory in the Heliodorus, and opening 2022, numerical serendipities, Mel’s men repeated the yellow victory in Tenerife. The yellow coach values the victory of his team. “We have been good with the ball” as a base from which to grow. “We have to defend with the ball, which is what we know how to do well. Have it, not lose it. Let the rival despair. That is our way of doing things.”
Las Palmas came out “without reference to the top, with many people inside to have the ball.” With Enzo Loiodice’s injury “I had to decide either to put in a defensive midfielder or go for the game. I think we were right, we went for the game, we got Alberto Moleiro and we went with attacking people to try to win. It has turned out well for us. “
The scorer of the night, KyrianHe was also the protagonist in the press conference “he is from here and for him it was a difficult and important game and he did well. In addition, he played, he knew how to be with Fabio in the moments that Enzo had not been there and was It was important that he was tactically a correct player. He has been. And above all, he is the one who has arrived and scored the goal. I believe in him a lot. “
Game plan in a week full of unforeseen events. “It is fair to congratulate Club Deportivo Tenerife for those 100 years and all the people who have participated in those 100 years. They have to be proud and congratulate them. We had many problems between Covid and injuries. We had seven footballers out. In the end we were able to recover Enzo, who has been injured again and Mfulu, but he barely trained and could not start. Well, I think we played a smart game. We raised a first half without reference above, with a lot of people for inside to have the ball and stop the push of Club Deportivo Tenerife. We know that their counterattacks could be deadly for us. And I think that bet has turned out well for us. Then we have already taken that step forward and with Enzo’s injury I had to decide or put in a defensive midfielder or go for the game. I think we have hit the mark, we have gone for the game, we have put Alberto Moleiro in and we have gone with attacking people to try to win. Or, it could have gone wrong, but it did. I’m really happy. The boys are also happy because of the week that we have taken of not being able to train almost all day doing tests. And that is what has touched us and the whole world. “
The change of Loiodice. “Yes, as I told his partner, I think that with Enzo’s injury we had to decide. He could have put Mfulu in and tried to close the game. Surely we would have played for an equalizer because it was another type of change. However, I have put Alberto Moleiro in and I think we have hit the mark because between Kirian, Viera, Jesé, Moleiro, Benito I think we have played the game well, we have understood it well and against a great rival who is doing really well, because we have had a good match”.
The nature of derbies. “Well, I have already said many times, it does not have to make anyone feel bad. I have played many derbies, the Galician derby, the Sevillian derby, the Canarian. In derbies it is only worth winning, if it does not matter, the Tomorrow people do not remember who played better, who played worse, what happened. What matters is that they have won, that’s the way it is. That’s a derby, it can be summed up in that. We are going to have a happy week with the boys and surely here They will grit their teeth and pull forward, because they are doing very well and there are many games ahead and Tenerife is doing very well. That is a derby and that is what we have understood. The last derbies are doing well for us, we are winning And for us it is important because on Sunday we host Almería. So it is important to have three more points because it keeps us in the area we want. We think we should be there because we are doing well too. “
Congratulate Kirian. “He personally, without a doubt. Besides, he is from here and for him it was a difficult and important game and he did well. In addition, he has played, he has known how to be with Fabio in the moments that Enzo has not already been and It was important that he was tactically the correct player. He has been. And above all, he is the one who has arrived and scored the goal. I believe a lot in him, he knows it forever, but in him, in Alberto Molero, in all those who pass through my hands, we have a Canarian quarry that I think is magnificent and it is a shame not to use it. We have very young people and I think they should be a source of pride for all of us, but happy with Kirian “.
With the head in Almería. “Coaches do not have to look for happy days, the happiest day for me is tomorrow because I prepare for the Almería game, we are going to train Barranco Seco and prepare for the Almería game, I adore my work on the day that I get bored or think that I can not contribute anything because that day I will finish “.
Happy for the players. “I’m happy for the kids. On the 31st they struck twelve and at one in the morning we were in a hotel concentrated until tomorrow when we finished training, that’s why I’m happy for them.”
Grew up from control of the ball. “Soccer is a set of all things, not just one is worth. We have won 0-1 and it means that in defense we have been good. But we have been good with the ball. We have to defend with the ball. We are not a team like CD Tenerife does two lines of four and it is very difficult to give them scoring chances. We have to defend with the ball, which is what we know how to do well. Having it, not losing it. Let the rival despair. That is our way of do things. And when it doesn’t come out like Leganés, they put four on us and today it turned out and we’re happy. But I think it’s a global calculation of all things. “
Pejiño Injury. “You had to make the decision and seeing that he could not hold it because he went through the operating room. Let’s see what happens with Enzo too, because that is the third time about the shoulder. They are problems on the road as we all have them, I remember now a lot of Borja Lasso. This is football, it is a game and it is a contact sport “.