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"We want to produce a good performance"
Sanchez Flores said that he sees the team "serious" and “conscious” of the opportunity
Espanyol will try to qualify for the semifinals of the Spanish Cup. The blue and white team will try to assert the favorable result of the first leg (1-0) against FC Barcelona. "You know what the tie means, what awaits us. Tomorrow begins a new game altogether, different. I do not think the result of the first leg gives us to think about what can happen. It will be a long, intense match, there will be a lot of emotion at stake and we want to give a good response", Quique Sánchez Flores said.
The manager said that it is not difficult to imagine "the kind of game that we can find. The clear example we have in the match that FC Barcelona played against Celta. We expect a rival that will tray their best from minute first. We have a lot to run, we will not stop looking for the opposite goal. You have to try to reach the goal". The manager said that he sees the group "serious and responsible. Tomorrow is a very emotional game, the players are managing the emotion, keeping the feelings for the match, which is tomorrow." Sanchez Flores has remarked that it is good that players "see them with possibilities. They are thoughtful, deep and I like that they are in that state. They know how important this game".
The blue and white coach said that in the first leg Espanyol did "many things well. We were very close to a good match. That we can get to the dressing room, that's the most important thing. Our main goal is that our fans are satisfied and proud of their players".
Sánchez Flores said that one of the positive aspects is that "tomorrow's goal has a double value for us, we have to concentrate on what we can do. You have to think about the small details that can bring us closer to the goal, we must be effective". In this sense, has indicated that it is a match "to have solvency. We must show we are a solid team, a certain calm within a high emotional state. I would like the team to have a job, to know how to choose their options well, it gives me peace of mind that things can go well".
Sánchez Flores recalled that FC Barcelona is a rival "hyper known, everyone knows their virtues, is always favourite in each competition. We have in mind the idea of proposing a game that is serious and rigorous, darkening the rival and that our virtues can appear". Asked about the performance of Leo Messi in his match against R. Betis, he said that he does not prepare a "special defence. It is more about reducing their spaces, their field of action. It is important to place the necessary players around that player and reduce their field of action, which is very large."