Marcelino, about Femenia, Papa Guia, Bailly, Gerard, Baena, Pepe, Ayoza, the infirmary and Osasuna.

Villarreal coach Marcelino García Toral spoke to the media this Friday afternoon, during a press conference ahead of Sunday’s match against Osasuna, corresponding to the 14th round of the league, which will take place at the Estadio Ceramica.

How the team arrives: Femenia, Pape Gueye and Bailly
“Well, specifically about the players you just mentioned to me: Kiko Femenia, you know that he had some discomfort in the last game against Alaves. Yesterday he trained quite normally, but today he had some discomfort. As a precaution we have decided that he will not train, we will see tomorrow. Maybe not, but let’s see, yesterday and today Pape came back from the national team with a strong fever. We will also see what its evolution is and then the rest. , more or less. You know, Bailly is out because she hasn’t trained with the team yet, she hasn’t joined at some point. Well, we also have more famous absences.

Gerard
“Yes, in principle, unless the opposite happens during morning training, which we hope will happen, he will be available.”

How to pass eleven in attack
“Yes, I have made a decision, but I am not going to tell you. I think Gerard, we consider its initial inclusion premature after such a long time of inactivity. So, we always try to act logically and think that a player who has been inactive for a long time, he is going through a process of integration within the group, unless it is a specific decisive moment… but at the moment of the season that we are in, the main thing is to regularly count on the player, well, he. It’s hard for him because he’s been around for a long time and you can’t participate in training or. So from a physical point of view, we will try to make sure that there are no more failures, and he, in turn, is confident that he really wants to participate with the team, and not repeat practically this rather repetitive process. The competition has begun. We are very happy that he is with us and that everything is back to normal. He is a very important player and can certainly give us an advantage in attack. Based on this, we will decide on the players we have, and the game will last ninety minutes. “We have to think about who will start it and who can help us along the way.”

Baena, property and position
“We have very few attacking players. For Dad, who has played second-stringer in some cases when we’ve been tight ends, we’re not going to have insurance from the start. So, injuries to Ilias, Niko and Ayoze. .. There are three attacking players, plus the uncertainty of Baena, who, although he has trained, we will see if he is in the best shape, as he should be, to face such a demanding match as this one will be, .. Well, when we Let’s solve the whole puzzle, we’ll see what decision we make. depending on whether the team lasts ninety minutes, this is the situation we are in now, try not to aggravate it and invest those resources that we consider suitable for us a priori, because it is always impossible to predict, but we must choose for those decisions that we believe will be “They are not going to complicate the present and immediate future as we have a lot of games ahead of us before Christmas.”

Pepe and Ayoze
“It doesn’t even bother me because the coach makes sure all the players are available. The more players you have, I think it’s better for everyone, for the players themselves, because it increases competition between them and for the team.” because it is also logical that based on this competitiveness and individual qualities, the team also has a positive impact. But hey, these are two players who have proven their importance in this first third of the competition. They are not there. , so we will try to make this happen as soon as possible. that they will be with us to compete and help us, if not in the next game, then in the next one. Pepe’s situation will last longer and he is unlikely to be able to intervene until the end of the year. Ayoze, we are a little more optimistic and hope that he has a positive momentum and is ready to play as soon as possible.”

Osasuna
“They are an opponent who seems to me to be the second best team in the league at home, who average almost two goals per game in favor and therefore have a very good record at home. Against this background, we Know that they are an aggressive, direct, vertical team, with a good attack, a good counter-attack, a lot of cross records, one of the best in the League, which will make our task very difficult, but our team is doing well, and, As it is, I’m an optimist. The team, I see the team competing because we are hard to beat and we have a good record away from home. We know it will take effort on our part to find our best level, but we are capable of doing it. The game will be even and the team that gets the details and specifics right will be able to decide the three points for their team. We hope it will be for us.”

Numerous wounded
“Voyt’s situation is a situation of misfortune. This is a joint injury, and here we are not talking about measuring loads or doing prevention. The same thing is happening with Alfonso Pedraza, unfortunately, now with Ilias the same thing happened to us earlier with Eremi. Eremi. Now Alex has a sprained ankle, what should we do? That’s not the point… I’m not worried about this situation, because this can happen, that is, within the framework of competitions. Try as a team to find solutions to compete in this game at the highest level. I’m convinced that we can do it. Yes, but how many of us are on the teams? coaches who have their entire squad available throughout the tournament? No. Denis, Gerard recovered after a long time, the rest are falling… well, what will we do, let’s hope that we won’t have many injuries. in the next games.

Match plan to achieve victory
“We have to play a very complete game. When we don’t have the ball we have to be intense and defend very well. We have to be very attentive to their counter-attacks because they are a team that gets the ball back quickly, they have players and good counter-attack concepts. Then we have to defend the side centers very well, when we have the ball we have to try to hurt them. They are a pressing, intense team and we have to be intense enough to attack. playing with a developed defensive line, we know this. They defend intensely and we know how they can occupy the field defensively. We need to look for their zone and our goal. Then there is success in the zones. Now we are a team that offers very few options in recent games. the opponent and the inside of these games, even a team like Real Madrid at their Bernabeu stadium. This is the path that we must follow constantly, continuously and improve. But hey, it’s a good touchstone for us in this game.”

Possible line-ups Osasuna – Villarreal