Javier Aguirre
MallorcaImanol Alguacil
Real Sociedad
Meeting Highlights…ABOUT MATCH
I want the team to not lose the ball, to have personality. We have played games in which we know in advance that we are not favourites and we play with great ease and tranquillity. I want to transfer it when we are on equal terms. I don't think that Real Sociedad is a favourite, but neither are we, it will be very close.
…SOCIEDAD
They come from two negative results in the League and in the Champions League. The issue of fatigue is true, there is a trip involved. But it is also true that if the players like something, it is playing, not training. They always try to make the player arrive as fresh as possible. The Real squad is very large and will present a great team.
…INJURY REPORT
Today Valjent worked with a special bandage on his knee. He is not 100% recovered, but between now and tomorrow we will gain a lot with it and I will decide if he starts or not. Surely local anaesthesia will help him. Pablo Maffeo is going too fast, he's not within the programmed times. We're scolding him because he couldn't run yet. It's true that the person who knows his body best is himself. The knee is dry, he has good muscles, he has good flexion and extension.
Javier Aguirre
Manager on Mallorca…ABOUT MATCH
I want the team to not lose the ball, to have personality. We have played games in which we know in advance that we are not favourites and we play with great ease and tranquillity. I want to transfer it when we are on equal terms. I don't think that Real Sociedad is a favourite, but neither are we, it will be very close.
…SOCIEDAD
They come from two negative results in the League and in the Champions League. The issue of fatigue is true, there is a trip involved. But it is also true that if the players like something, it is playing, not training. They always try to make the player arrive as fresh as possible. The Real squad is very large and will present a great team.
…INJURY REPORT
Today Valjent worked with a special bandage on his knee. He is not 100% recovered, but between now and tomorrow we will gain a lot with it and I will decide if he starts or not. Surely local anaesthesia will help him. Pablo Maffeo is going too fast, he's not within the programmed times. We're scolding him because he couldn't run yet. It's true that the person who knows his body best is himself. The knee is dry, he has good muscles, he has good flexion and extension.
Imanol Alguacil
Manager on Real Sociedad…INJURY REPORT
Hamari was not there yesterday as a precaution. Her knee was a little swollen but nothing serious. We hope he is ready to compete. Merino's shoulder came out once again and he has discomfort for the first two days. Mikel is still in discomfort and couldn't do anything. You saw Tierney on the field because he was a soft trainee but he is very far from training and competing at the level we want.
…MALLORCA
Their best version of him has been given in the Cup but he is a super tough and complicated rival. I have no doubt that he is going to cost us a lot. It has always been like this and tomorrow will not be different.
…POSSIBLE ROTATIONS
How the players arrive influences me. I have talked about Merino, Traoré and there are some that I do not want to give clues to. There are the typical discomforts after the PSG game. No excuses as I always say. We face what we are and we always give a good version, that's the good thing.