Before analyzing the match, the coach wanted to congratulate the Juvenil Amarillo after securing their qualification for the Final Four: "I would like to congratulate our youth team for their qualification. Also, congratulations to the staff, players, Tonono... we are very proud of them."
Regarding how the team will approach the visit to Almería, the yellow coach highlighted that "when you are competitive and suffer a defeat, you always want the next match to come so you can play a great game. We have a virtue, which is a very strong internal balance. Neither victories nor defeats affect us excessively."
These were some of his statements:
"I expect a very beautiful match, between two teams that try to attack and play good football. We will have to try to take the game where we want it. Our players are also very good, and I am convinced we will play a great match."
"I am calmer than when I started because I didn't know what I had. I am happy, calm, enjoying it, and working hard, seeing the players' evolution. Some days with more success, others with less... it is important to value what the players have done. We have three matches left, and we have the ability to compete for everything."
"Jonathan Viera is ready; fortunately, those discomforts have disappeared. He has had good training sessions and is participating well. He is someone very important because of his experience. His commitment has always been to try to help."
"Obviously, mathematics is like that; finals are when there is nothing more. Looking at the direct promotion aspect, we could say it is a final, but the team is treating the match as very important to give their best, and we are going into it with all the enthusiasm in the world."
"We have conceded 12 goals in three matches. Maintaining the defensive level of the first half of the season was very difficult, but I think we are still a solid team. The most important thing is that we have control of the matches. Something I have repeated a lot is that when the game becomes end-to-end, we become a weak team. That is why we need to move together in the offensive phase to defend better."
"There are three matches left, and we are within reach of anything. The team is convinced that it can achieve important things. We will maintain that balance until the end."
"We don't treat the week differently whether we win or lose. We believe in a work process that intrinsically involves constant self-criticism."
"The best thing we have is a very beautiful challenge ahead. We can beat a team that is in a privileged position. We have to look at ourselves and demand the maximum from ourselves."
"Regardless of the defeat against Andorra, the picture is bigger. We are not in a bad dynamic. The team is confident in its abilities, and the team's ambition is at its peak to try to achieve everything. We have to be mentally strong."
"We have a very beautiful match, and we have to enjoy it because the players have earned the chance to compete for everything. The category is very difficult; it has been extremely demanding. This is one of the years where you will need the most points to enter a play-off or direct promotion, but the team is very balanced and has had the necessary resilience that has made us much stronger. I am calm and confident."
"Ale's absence is very important; he brings characteristics that are different from what we have. But as you know me, zero excuses."
"The competitiveness has been very high, and in Nico Benedetti's position, Manu and Iván have been participating. He is a boy with an extraordinary character. Perhaps with Ale García's injury, there is a bit more opportunity. As a coach, sometimes you go home with that regret of not being able to give more minutes."