Franjiverde center, Pedro Bigas showed his face by captaining the team for the first time After the bad game in Burgos. The football player said the following at the press conference this morning: “Logically losing by four goals is not a pleasant dish, but the good thing about this sport and competition is that you have the opportunity to forget about it in seven days by doing things well.” Elche players are “already thinking about the next match and taking advantage of this good opportunity to do things well.”
Bigas thinks so “Not the start of the season we all wanted”but it also provides “We work so that victories come. We are on the right track and only results are missing. They will come by doing what we do.”
Technician’s reprimand
When asked what the meeting with the coach was like after the defeat, the defender explains: “After every match, we ask ourselves what we can improve on, what we did not do well… Aries is very transparent Moreover, it always gives us the opportunity to express what we feel. I think this is a good way to work.” Bigas emphasizes: “We know that certain actions punish us and that we can afford them, but we can only work to prove it. and that is the line we follow.
Bigas Captain
Being a captain is a privilege for me personally. “I appreciate that and I take responsibility.” Bigas believes that his duties should include: “Try to keep the group together and continue working as we are doing now.”. Personally, “this gives me more motivation and more desire to move forward and achieve great things at this club.” To face difficult times, “We are all one. Results are not coming, but we are on a good track. “We are working together to achieve the goal in the end,” he said.
And this goal is nothing but the struggle for ascension. Asked whether the team continues to believe that the Elche team aims to achieve promotion to the First League, Bigas strongly confirms: “Of course we are confident. It would be a mistake not to do this. But it is also a mistake to think that we will move forward in 10-15 days. The second one is very long, there are many games. We have seen examples of teams that spent the whole season at the top and then failed to gain promotion. We are aware that we need to improve many things to achieve this, but we believe in the goal. We are 4 points away from the play-offs and little more than direct locations. “I insist, we continue to improve and work towards the goal.”
Next opponent
This Saturday (18:30) against Levante at Martínez Valero, “We need to be a team that has the ball, takes advantage of goal opportunities and is confident in defense. “We should avoid opportunities in our region as much as possible.” Bigas believes that “it is important to be strong in both areas. Just as we had many matches in which we could have scored more than one goal but could not, there were also matches in which our opponents could not score many goals but did score. Keeping a clean slate is very important. “This guarantees a safe point and if you can score you get three points.”
Burgos coup
Regarding the last defeat, the defender adds: “It is true that the team started very well. We’ve been working all week on how the game would be, but The team was a little confused when they saw the result against us. And this can’t happen to us. We need to improve this too, we need to be realistic. We did very well in the second half, but we conceded two more goals against us…” His most repeated sentence in front of the press in the match: “We are working to improve”, also admits: “That’s easy to say, but what’s complicated is translating it to the field. That’s what we’re working for.”
When asked whether the player group was disturbed by the coach’s harsh attitude in the press room after the victory, Bigas answered clearly: “No, far from that. We need to be realistic. And that’s the truth. If you want to fight for promotion, you can’t give up on goals and chances… You have to focus for 90 minutes. Coach always lets us know what he said in the press room first. After all, we cannot fight for the goal by scoring goals.”
Changes in defense
When asked whether the constant change in defense affects the team’s ability to adapt that much, Bigas said, “A team starts defending from the front. Therefore, goals are everyone’s fault. The reason why we conceded a goal may have been because the player in front did not put enough pressure. Or vice versa. Maybe the reason we didn’t score was because I couldn’t get the ball out of defense well. I don’t think the problem is with proper names. “We are all training for an idea.” So the reason for this is “more concentration problems, you fall when you think you will be ahead but you are not. “We adapt more than we would like and work to improve.”
Is there a discussion about the goal?
There is no question of goals in Bigas. “This is a coach’s decision. Both goalkeepers are training very well and doing a great job. “As always, the coach will decide who will play this week.”
The Franjiverde captain states the following regarding the lack of power in set pieces: “It is true that we are working on this every week and we know that it affects 80% or 90% of the games in League Two. We know we need to improve. We must fix the details. We continue to work on it.”
Do you think the opponents come too easy for this Elche team?
“It’s not that they come to us very easily, but we are so focused on the attack that sometimes we don’t see the need to hold back more.Come together more. Coach tests different systems. I always feel comfortable. To play in any position I want. Yes, it is true that I personally like and feel comfortable with the way the coach approaches matches when in possession of the ball. Personally, I like Beccacece’s style of play. heroes who own the ball“”.
Do you think the next two matches can be extra motivation for the team?
“We always have motivation. Another issue is whether things will get better or worse for us. As for the fans, there is nothing to blame them for. This is where I’ve been as a football player and where I’ve seen the best fans. They inform us every week. They are happier when you win. When you don’t lose too much. This makes sense. I recommend that you continue to be with us. We realize and appreciate this. We want to give them three points every week and see them happy and have fun. Let’s try. They will never fail and they will be there.”