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"We are going fully motivated"
Rubi raises the ambition and desire to cause them problems but warns that "must be accompanied by work and efficiency"
Neither the setbacks stop the illusion that keeps Espanyol from Rubi's hand. The coach is the first to use his conviction to face each game with ambition. And he does not care about the rival, as he has recognized over and over again. Not even the loss of David Lopez - "for the inconvenience that does not just disappear" - is particularly concerned "because I fully trust the four defenders I have".
The manager notes that he sees "a lot of confidence" in his players and hopes that "we can compete at a good level. But these are words and in three minutes everything can change ".
Simplifies the response on Madrid and the loss of Cristiano Ronaldo with a "is undeniable that Madrid plays football very well and that Cristiano is an extraterrestrial".
In any case, it does not hide that "we go with completely motivated, but if we do not accompany it with work and efficiency there is nothing to do. It is a good time for us and we travel with the intention of making things awkward for them. We are going to try to have a match, that the team can compete as long as possible to achieve the three points".
He insists that he sees the team "capable of doing great things" and points out that "we are on the right track, regardless of what may happen at the Bernabéu. If we win, the problem will be to manage the squad thinking that Éibar is coming soon and that it will be a difficult bone to crack, but I want to have that problem ".
The manager told us that a round trip "would be bad for us. We will expose ourselves and we will want to look for the goal. I've already scored with other teams at the Bernabéu and I think with Espanyol, too".
He admits that he would not sign a draw in advance and that he is insisting his players "that we do not even think that what happens at the Bernabéu is because Madrid players are very good. This is what I want to avoid. That gives us so much anger that we mark the Alavés as R. Madrid".