Garcia Pimienta
Las PalmasRuben Baraja
Valencia
Meeting Highlights…VALENCIA
I love Valencia, because it has that mix between youth and experience. With problems, it seems to be financial, they have made up for it with players from the quarry who are giving a brutal performance, people who feel the colours, who have adapted very well to that situation of the club. It is another of the clubs that, internally, has not made any excuse to compete in the highest category. Last season they had no problems with Baraja to save the category, it consolidated strong foundations for this season.
…INJURIES
It's a good time to get everyone back. It's true that we got Julián and Javi Muñoz back for this match and we hope nothing happens in today's training session. Being able to count on the majority of players gives us different possibilities, both at the start of the game and during the game. I don't agree that Marvin's ideal position is winger, I think he can play in both positions in the same way, even Julián has also helped us as a winger because he has that verticality to go to the opposite field. We have players who can contribute a lot to us and I am happy that the majority are available, because they feel like footballers and can help the team and they make it easier and more difficult for me to be able to decide and have more possibilities to that they can come in from the bench.
…DEFENCE
Right now everyone is available and with a lot of enthusiasm, we have had a very good week of training. I have one thing on my mind, but until tomorrow morning , we will do an activation and we will go to the hotel. I will not finish deciding because things can always happen. But the possibility that Julián, Marvin, Alex Suárez,... that we have many possibilities, that makes me calmer, because everyone is available, it generates that competitiveness between players that makes us all stronger.
Garcia Pimienta
Manager on Las Palmas…VALENCIA
I love Valencia, because it has that mix between youth and experience. With problems, it seems to be financial, they have made up for it with players from the quarry who are giving a brutal performance, people who feel the colours, who have adapted very well to that situation of the club. It is another of the clubs that, internally, has not made any excuse to compete in the highest category. Last season they had no problems with Baraja to save the category, it consolidated strong foundations for this season.
…INJURIES
It's a good time to get everyone back. It's true that we got Julián and Javi Muñoz back for this match and we hope nothing happens in today's training session. Being able to count on the majority of players gives us different possibilities, both at the start of the game and during the game. I don't agree that Marvin's ideal position is winger, I think he can play in both positions in the same way, even Julián has also helped us as a winger because he has that verticality to go to the opposite field. We have players who can contribute a lot to us and I am happy that the majority are available, because they feel like footballers and can help the team and they make it easier and more difficult for me to be able to decide and have more possibilities to that they can come in from the bench.
…DEFENCE
Right now everyone is available and with a lot of enthusiasm, we have had a very good week of training. I have one thing on my mind, but until tomorrow morning , we will do an activation and we will go to the hotel. I will not finish deciding because things can always happen. But the possibility that Julián, Marvin, Alex Suárez,... that we have many possibilities, that makes me calmer, because everyone is available, it generates that competitiveness between players that makes us all stronger.
Ruben Baraja
Manager on Valencia…DEFENCE TRANSFER
I think that really, as you all well know, it was a last-minute situation and the possibilities that were presented were not optimal. It is a situation that could help us and was valued without further ado because there are times when one wants something and then it is not. Things were talked about, they were commented on and there was talk of Rafa coming, but in the end it couldn't be.
…LAS PALMAS
There is one thing that is important, which is knowing the great difficulty of each game. In their field they are very strong and have only conceded eight or nine goals. When they came here it was already difficult for us and they have evolved for the better. It is a team that has. The ball is judicious, it attracts, but it also moves quickly. They are a team in shape and what they are doing is absolutely commendable because they are recently promoted. It is a team that I like and with a job as a coach.
…ABOUT MATCH
Our approach is different. We never consider the consequences before what is going to happen in the game. We see how we do it and we see the consequences of the results after the fact.