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"Winning would give us confidence and moral"
David López anticipates an intense match in front of Alaves this Sunday
Espanyol is finishing their preparation before this Sunday's match against Alaves. David López, one of the regulars, said that a victory would give much confidence to the team. "Winning this Sunday can be an incentive to look ahead and forget what has happened. Defensively we are good and we have to take an offensive step. Winning away would give us confidence and morals to look forward to”, he said. Therefore he has commented that it would be "important to achieve these six points. We had several draws and a victory would give us a lot of confidence. We know that we are facing a difficult schedule, but we will try to win these games to have margin."
David López has pointed out that Mendizorroza is a "difficult field where every team suffers a lot" and added that Alavés "prepare very intense matches, because it is a rocky rival, who defends well and has good things in attack. It is going to be a very difficult match that occupies a place very similar to ours in the classification and whoever wins can make a jump in the classification. I foresee an intense match in which it will be important to win the second plays and the individual duels". He has indicated that during the week "we have studied the rival: how they play, what they propose, how they defend. They have players who are fast and vertical but they can also bet on the direct game".