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"We did the match we had planned"
Quique Sanchez Flores pointed out the commitment and sacrifice of the team
Quique Sanchez Flores achieved his first victory in a derby. Espanyol’s coach explained at a press conference that the team was able to run the scheduled plan. "We did the match we had planned. We didn’t have much time to prepare and we knew that FC Barcelona would have the ball and we had to defend orderly", he said. Espanyol said that "we have presented a team with players who do not usually compete and it has been a good test".
The coach has said that "victories are good to receive energy" and added that "in these matches you must be sacrifice and commitment to spend many phases without the ball. FC Barcelona forces you to play a different game. They played only with six first team players, but the model and the proposal does not change because they are good players and it is difficult to remove the ball".