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"The effort will be maximum"
Quique reminds that the match against Celta in the first round was a warning about the capacity of the Galician’s
Quique Sánchez Flores knows that these two matches, this two trips in four days, can be decisive for the immediate present of the team. The victory against Osasuna has returned Espanyol to the starting line of teams that will fight for the noble zone of the table. The manager knows that in the match against Celta "the effort and performance will be maximum. They classified for Europe last season. It is a rival that is ahead of us in time and project. Celta has good players, with a good collective and a recognizable idea. They play matches to the limit. It's a very reliable team."
The manager emphasized that “each stretch of the League is important and every game, too. Adding or not adding the three points gives or takes energy for the next game. Tomorrow we have to try and play and compete the best we can. They are going to stress us. These are important weeks of great wear and tear. There is so little distance in the games that we also have to measure well the recoveries".
Quique also said that "there will be changes if I see that the players are tired, but if not, not" and avoid giving details about the possible starting team, although he acknowledges that there is good for the team if David Lopez can play in two positions.
From the match of the first round he said that one has to think "that was a warning and not see it now as a re-play. We remember that we did a complete match for 90 minutes and we lost in the injury time. That is a very clear signal of the ability of Celta players to change the sign of the game”.