GARCÍA PIMIENTA: "TOMORROW WE HAVE TO STEP UP IN TERMS OF FOCUS, ATTITUDE AND THE RESULT"

Xavier García Pimienta spoke ahead of tomorrow's match against RCD Espanyol. Our Head Coach began by saying, "The group is fine. The Barça game came after a good week of training and a lot of enthusiasm, but we are far from a complete team. We're still developing. We did things well despite the difficult result. We fell apart after the second goal, not the first, and this has to make us aware of where we are, in the process of growing. We have to be more consistent but we have to be realistic. Tomorrow they are a very tough opponent, I love their coach and all his sides compete very well. They are coming off the back of a heavy defeat and that makes them more dangerous. Tomorrow we have to step up in terms of focus, attitude and the result." 

"When you finish the game and you've lost 5-1 to blame a penalty...  I don't know what would have happened, but we were once told that it was not enough to whistle for certain actions. That's how I see it. Of course, he does tough him but Raphina does his job too. The referee was right there and then VAR doesn't overturn it, so I have nothing more to add," he said. 

"Tomorrow we are going to see an aggressive Sevilla, who are going to go for the game, who are going to want the ball and compete" 

García Pimienta also said "We have a clear path that everyone believes in it. We can't be happy after a defeat, we did a few things well and many things badly. A good atmosphere is necessary and knowing where we are we want more. Tomorrow we will see an aggressive Sevilla, who will go for the game, who will want the ball and compete and make the fans proud. That's the way forward, there's a long way to go." 

"If I had to give the line-up now, I would have an idea. But we have to wait. We have a clear idea of how we want to start and also the variations that there may be. There are players who are ready to play in different positions," he commented on tomorrow's match against RCD Espanyol.

"All the centre-backs deserve to play based on how they are performing" 

"All the centre-backs are quality players. They deserve to play based on how they are performing. I'll be fair to those who play tomorrow and unfair to those who don't, but I'm confident about the performance they're going to give," said our head coach. 

To finish, García Pimienta pointed out "We are a competitive and winning team. We have 12 points but we wanted to have 25. We have competed very well in most of the games and that shows us the reality of the process and development. People believe that we are going to do well and that we are capable of competing with anyone and that we are closer to winning than not. We're still on that path and we can't never take our foot off the pedal. We have to get wins and points. Tomorrow is the time to show that we can do that."