Real Zaragoza’s coach Fran Escribá is a former Elche player. He stated that this Saturday’s opponent is a team that will fight for “promotion” despite having had a poor start to the competition.. “Once the first few weeks passed where it was difficult for Elche to add, I was convinced that they would add a lot and fight for promotion. “I see it among the top six teams” He added at a press conference, according to the Efe news agency.

The Zaragoza coach announced that there are only three teams that are obliged to promote, and they will also be relegated. Elche are called “being at the top” “because of the budget, the squad and everything”. He also stated that there could also be a bad start in relegated teams, as was the case with Espanyol, Valladolid and Elche.


Fran Escribá in the press room of the Martínez Valero stadium INFORMATION


“All matches are important”

When asked whether the match against Elche would be important for the future of the team, he answered no.: “All games are important. Points from all games are useful for your goals, but I don’t see that as the key to thinking that if we win we can be at the top, if we don’t win then no.”

In this context he added: He has “absolute confidence” that Real Zaragoza will be “at the top” and that they will “stumble” along the way.But this will not depend on the fight against the Franjiverde team. “This is a long League, with series like now where you add little and others you add more, but I don’t think this match is that important,” he reiterated.

He said the following about the last match against Real Oviedo, in which the team could not go further than a draw: It was a “very complete” match in which they only lacked “success” and members of the Asturian club admitted that no team targeted them like Real Zaragoza.

“We got positive readings. The negative side is that it costs us because the teams recognize us and get closer. The opponents give you the ball and wait for us from the back,” he analyzed.


Write the final scene with Elche CF MATÍAS SEGARRA


the rhythm of Elche

Escribá thinks that the match against Elche will be “completely different” from the previous days: “Elche is a very strong team, first of all, it has a very high tempo of play at home and, in principle, it should not be like the last teams we played.”

Reiterating once again that Real Zaragoza added less than they deserved in terms of points, the Valencian coach was convinced of this: Elche will demand that they play, “but above all compete well”. “Elche have a very good performance at home, there is also a very good rhythm in the match and they will ask a lot from us,” he assured.

Personally “special”

He also admitted that personally this will be a “special match” because He has been Elche’s coach for five seasons. He said that he was in two different periods and that the best years of his professional life were spent there.

“I have a great relationship with the city and some of my best friends. It is common for me to visit Elche once a year or more; not because of football, but because of my personal relationship with many people,” he said.

Although he only had Real Zaragoza’s victory in his mind, he also took the risk that it would be a good match.

Regarding a match ban given to Víctor Mollejo for touching his genitals after celebrating a goal in the match against Cartagena a few days ago, Escribá stated that they were surprised by this sanction.

“It doesn’t bother us because he had five yellow cards but the club appealed. I said that on a personal level I did not think this was grounds for punishment, because it was not disrespectful to anyone, it was an expression of joy that could be ugly or rude, but it was not an insult to anyone. , it was for himself. “The club has appealed and hopefully this match will not be completed until a decision is made, but now we can only wait.”