Olot is the only group 3 rivals Lolo Escobar hasn’t faced since signing as Hércules coach. With this knowledge, the Extremadura coach, despite what had been expressed in the previous weeks, “best template” those who compete with the blue-whites for the category jump. Therefore, although his project is still out of promotion positions, the coach is convinced that there is only one goal: “promotion”.
With ten appointments left, Don Benito’s coach explained that his current goal was to fight for the top five. Four points set him apart from this fight. Five games later, they’ve only been knocked out two games, but they still think it’s good news to be in a position to tackle offense in the league table’s fifth place.
“With five games left, we continue to fight for the ‘play-off’ and live bullish targetHe claims he doesn’t care about the “moment” his team can confirm his presence in the postseason playoffs, as long as he agrees.
“The sooner we get it, the better, because will be a positive reinforcement that may be good for us, but this is football and then the same, instead of letting ourselves go and playing more calmly, without pressure, what causes excessive relaxationso you never know if it’s better or worse”, argued the man from Extremadura.
Escobar is sure of it three games still at home The results of the Alicante team at Rico Pérez and the game will be “decisive” if not very encouraging: “This is a must for us because I think we are better away than at home. We have to improve our game in our stadium. To get us into the ‘playoff’, it had an effect before predicting a “very close” match against Olot, who visited Alicante five points away from safety during the relegation.
For Lolo, this is circumstantial and does not reflect the reality of the Catalan team: “I like it a lot and got stronger. Mestalla won on the field. “If we win, we can take a big step today,” he said.
The blue-and-white coach remembered once again that Hercules took the lead with ten points left in the promotion zone, taking advantage of his appearance. “Remarkable Progress”“When we lost to Peña Deportiva because the best players beat us and we couldn’t compete,” the man from Extremadura admitted, although he admitted he had a bad time leading the team. loses Cedrés by the end of the courseinjured and have doubts about Diego Jimenez And harper williamsthose who still do not train at full capacity.
“Right now I see a team that can go up with what we have. and we will try,” the coach accepted his explanations and approved. ander victoria Not attending public education on Thursday “due to personal force majeure”.
“There is what is happening right now. we don’t expect anyone. The ship leaves during these five days, and it’s hard for those who aren’t there to board,” stressed the Hercules coach, before accepting his question. Michel Herrero He said he was closer to the opponent’s area than his own court, but there was no way the Valencian could come to his senses: “The ball magnetizes him. They worked as midfielders for many years (he was right, although in reality, most of them developed their careers as eight or second strikers), but where it is one of the most decisive in the category near the opposite zone and not so much per se,” he admitted, explaining that he had spoken to the third captain to take the attack close to the opponent’s goal, obviously not very successful.