This morning’s friendly match against West Bromwich Albion of the English Second Division at Oliva, marking the first win for Elche de Machín, was “a staging of our training since the arrival of the new coachboth in the system and in the concepts he tries to instill in us”, a few minutes ago left-back Carlos Clerc revealed.

A satisfying test

According to Elche’s left-back, the match “had an intense first half. against a very physical opponent, which is also useful for us to adapt. All in all, we are happy with the work done and we are now working to keep working, to absorb the new manager’s indications as soon as possible.”


The starting eleven of Machín, including Carlos Clerc SONIA ARCOS / ECF


Festa d’Elx Cup returns

Pablo Machín’s team’s next appointment will be the Festa d’Elx Cuphere “we want to restore the good feelings in front of our people”, so “we must take advantage of these days to get the game as best we can”.

Concentration

Clerc favors the concentration achieved this week at Oliva. “It was important to try to absorb the concepts of the coach, the idea of ​​the game, and also to communicate with his teammates., to unite and strengthen the group, which will be necessary for the upcoming competition. We had a good week working and living together,” summarizing the defender, “they spent busy days full of work, restarting, new illusions… When taking such a long break, the mind needs to rest. reset, the body should also be brought online to try to show the best version of Elche. I think we will.”

The footballer is also optimistic about the future: “We have already set the goals for the Cup and the League. This is a start and therefore all the beginnings are exciting. I think we can get good results. Now we have to work to achieve this.” Tied to LaLiga as soon as possible. Now we want to race.”