The victory achieved by Mallorca this Saturday against Granada (1-0) It allowed Javier Aguirre’s team to take an important step in its objective of ensuring permanence in LaLiga this season. However, the Mexican technical director avoids overconfidence and assures that the task is not done yet.
The “Vasco” Aguirre recalled that the rival they beat in Son Moix, thanks to a solitary goal from their captain Antonio Raílo, was above them for a good part of the season and now the Balearic team finds itself with an advantage of about eight points in the standings, so anything can happen.
“In football I have seen worse things. A team, whose name I will not say, passed us by and surpassed us in the table. His coach said that they were already preparing the project in Primera. Then they lost all the games and we had an advantage of seven to nine points because the Virgin appeared to us.”commented the Mexican at the press conference.
It is because of that Javier Aguirre prefers not to fall into triumphalism and focus on going step by step to try to continue getting closer to salvation in the Spanish championship, where they are currently in 14th place in the classification with 30 units after 29 contested dates in which they have six victories , 12 evens and 11 losses.
“We have to go piano, piano and I’m already thinking about Valencia (their next rival). Eight points with 27 at stake is not a tangible advantage that can be measured in percentages to say that, with today’s victory (Saturday), we have half a stay guaranteed. “With 30 points it’s not enough, you play with fire”continued the coach of the team that gave the surprise by qualifying for the final of the Copa del Rey.
The experienced coach did recognize that the three points achieved this Saturday against Granada have a special flavor because they are a direct rival as well as because they arrive at a time prior to the one-week break that the European leagues will have due to the double date. FIFA friendly matches next week.
“It was a very important match, as will be the rest of our matches, but this one in particular was against a direct rival, after the defeat of another direct rival, because we were playing at home and because it was at a time when there was a national team break.”considered Javier Aguirre, who preferred not to make a big fuss about the fact that Mallorca’s goal came through a defender.
“I give it zero value. Here everyone attacks, everyone defends and whoever can scores the goal. “I can’t judge who scored.”highlighted “Vasco” Aguirre.
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