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Focus on the Cup
Quique Sánchez Flores announces that he will make changes in the starting lineup to face AD Alcorcón
With little time to rest, Espanyol prepares for the Spanish Cup first leg match against AD Alcorcón. Quique Sánchez Flores said that he faces the competition with the goal of reaching as far as possible and added that in the first match against Alcorcón he will make changes in his starting eleven.
"I love every competition we take part and in all of them we try to achieve as much as we can. It is an interesting competition and we have to be enthusiastic, although sometimes it is difficult to convince the players of the importance of these types of games when you are so far from a goal. We have experience getting far in several countries", he said. Quique Sánchez Flores, who has confirmed Roberto will play tomorrow, said that "we have a calendar full of games, but we formed a squad with the idea of being competitive and everyone could play. When we repeat the lineups, it hurts me because there are players who are left out. Tomorrow is another opportunity for players to demonstrate their level". In this sense, the coach said that "the footballer can train very well every day, but if he doesn’t play, you do not just feel like a footballer. Every time we can introduce more players is fantastic, because they need to play and be protagonist. It's a responsibility for them because Espanyol in this competition has had a good record".
About Alcorcón said that it is a "complicated" team and "powerful on the left wing. Their game is simple, but there are no spaces and it is not a field in which you can generate superiorities. I expect a motivated opponent, eager, but we have to play with intelligence and remember that there is a second game".
Quique Sánchez Flores had also time to talk about the current situation of the team and repeated that he is still far from his idea: "We have not come much closer. The results bring energy, security, confidence, but we are separate from what we want. We are close to points, but we can not get confident because the league is powerful and we are still under construction. "
Finally, on the substitution of the sporting direction of Angel Gomez and his relay Jordi Lardin has reiterated throughout the press conference that "are decisions of the management of the club and that will explain why that is not my area."