Pepe Mel
AlmeriaLuis Garcia
Deportivo Alaves
Meeting Highlights…LAST MATCH
If you want me to tell you the truth, I haven't followed practically anything, something that has come to me. When you lose a game, the first thing the coach does is prepare for the next one.
…TEAM PERFORMANCE
They are no longer going to give you back the points from that match and so I have dedicated myself to preparing for tomorrow's match against Alavés and nothing more. I don't want to know anything more about that match, just think about tomorrow's match, try to win it. That's what we've trained and that's what we've talked about with the players, preparing for the game because it's coming quickly.
…ALAVES
I'm telling you from now on, Alavés is in a great moment and if we don't play a good game or if we play a game along the lines of some of the ones we've played against this type of team, it's not going to be enough for us to win. For us it is a final, we play against our people with a tremendous desire to win.
Pepe Mel
Manager on Almeria…LAST MATCH
If you want me to tell you the truth, I haven't followed practically anything, something that has come to me. When you lose a game, the first thing the coach does is prepare for the next one.
…TEAM PERFORMANCE
They are no longer going to give you back the points from that match and so I have dedicated myself to preparing for tomorrow's match against Alavés and nothing more. I don't want to know anything more about that match, just think about tomorrow's match, try to win it. That's what we've trained and that's what we've talked about with the players, preparing for the game because it's coming quickly.
…ALAVES
I'm telling you from now on, Alavés is in a great moment and if we don't play a good game or if we play a game along the lines of some of the ones we've played against this type of team, it's not going to be enough for us to win. For us it is a final, we play against our people with a tremendous desire to win.
Luis Garcia
Manager on Deportivo Alaves…ALMERIA
When Almería came here it was difficult for us to win because we didn't score but not because of the game. There I did see a weak Almería that did not defend and that split. Not now, now it is a structured team, made together, that does not give up defensive work and that is competing every game. Almería's latest sensation is what it has to be because of the players it has. And they should be better than us, they have paid 15 million for a center back and they have spent 8-9 million on top. They are a team that should be in the middle of the table and they are competing, but maybe they don't succeed. I've been talking to the players all week that we have to play a good game and if we don't we will lose like in any field.
…DEFENCE PROBLEMS
We are conceding little and now we are a solid, supportive and strong team in defense. I think we grow from there. Then there are days when we are better or worse with the ball. But if we are always like this we'll always have a chance to win. We have to be able to win a game when we are good and when we are not good we can get points in one way or another. We are going to go all out tomorrow, the three points could put us in a very, very good situation.
…TRANSFERS
Our objective continues to be to bring a central defender, and although we are good now we need one more defender in case there are injuries, sanctions, blows... If he does not arrive it is not because the club did not want to, it is because we are what we are and economically it costs us a lot . We don't look for anything else unless there is an unexpected exit.