Jorge Sampaoli
Jorge Sampaoli, coach of Sevilla, assessed the preview of the match that his team plays this Saturday against Real Madrid at the Santiago Bernabéu. “If Madrid is the best in the world? I don’t have the capacity for that assessment. He competes very well against important teams and has a great connection between his players. They have very good footballers at a great moment, that makes them extremely dangerous”, stated the Argentine about the white team.
Best way to face Madrid. “There are two readings about a team like Madrid, which sometimes ends up being unpredictable in the game. It does not have fixed positions, it occupies the empty spaces very well, it has very well read verticality times. The fact of adding players with the ability not to lose the ball and structure themselves defensively before they manage to break down is the reading of the game. We must have control, so the chances will increase. If we are a team that comes and goes, we will have very few chances”.
Atmosphere of defeat at the Bernabéu. “I am very excited about the match. I want it to be played, for the team to be brave, beyond the result. We will try to play a game with a lot of audacity, if the rival allows it. Then the development will allow it or not. The idea is not to live as a partner, but to try to star in it”.
Square defense
Square defense. “The complications in the defensive block are real and they increase with the games. But for this duel we have to have structures beyond proper names to neutralize a rival forcefully. You have to structure the team. We didn’t want to risk Marcao against Valencia, we think he can reappear tomorrow and will travel with the group. There are footballers who are playing with discomfort. Fernando did not reach an improvement to count on him, the chronic problem of Marcos Acuña… But there is a need for some footballers to play even if they are not at their full capacity”.