Marcelino: “We have to confirm with a victory the progressive improvement that the team is showing”

Marcelino has attended the media this Friday, in the pre-match press conference ahead of tomorrow’s game against CD Leganés, where he highlighted the importance of adding the three points and dedicating the first victory of the season to Mestalla.

Can we talk about this match as if it were a final?

It’s not a final, that is obvious, the finals are played starting in May. But we have to focus on that game as if it were a final. We need to win. We have to confirm with a victory the progressive improvement that the team is demonstrating.

After the last rains in Valencia, what are the pitch conditions?

Unless it rains a torrential at the time of the game... the pitch will present ideal conditions.

After the victory in Anoeta and the draw against FC Barcelona, ​​have you already removed your anxiety?

Doubts always arise when you do not win, and they can increase. But each game is different, the above should not condition us, if we want to be a powerful, competitive and a winning team, we have to face each game without seeing the previous results and the opponent we face. The reality is that of eight games in LaLiga we have only won one, and now we must win this one, which is the following. We must focus on the immediate, it is the best way to help us progress. We have to go to Mestalla with the idea of ​​adding three points that we need and offering the first victory in Mestalla to our fans.

How do you value CD Leganés?

It is a team that has had many changes this season, needs a period of adaptation and in the last three games of the league has competed at a high level; they won against FC Barcelona, ​​lost to Betis in the final stretch of the match and beat Rayo Vallecano, that gives us information of the danger they have.

The draw of Copa del Rey is out and the rival will be CD Ebro, what do you think?

It is a good rival, it is a short travel and if we play in La Romareda that is a historical scenario and known to me.