Seville (Spain), 22 abr. The Sevilla coach, José Luis Mendilibar, declared this Saturday that the Mexican right-handed winger Jesús ‘Tecatito’ Corona, unpublished since August due to a serious ankle injury, “is called up” for the league match against Villarreal, “but he has a difficult time play”.
“He has not trained due to stomach pain and he will not be able to compete tomorrow, even if he is on the bench,” Mendilibar said at the press conference prior to the match that his team will play against Villarreal on matchday 30 of the Spanish League. .
The Sevilla coach also announced that the Brazilian central defender Marcao Teixeira, who suffered a muscle injury on Thursday during the match against Manchester United in the Europa League, “normally he will not reappear for the remainder of the season” and has advised him “Take advantage of this month and the holidays to come back with a clean mind and be as good as new for the coming season”.
Mendilibar admitted that the team may be tired after the effort made to defeat United (3-0). “Being in two competitions means” that “people are tired”, but he assured that he will not “complain” about this circumstance.
He pointed out that “there is more than one day left for the game” against Villarreal, for which he has “enough doubts” due to the wear and tear suffered on Thursday, so he will not “decide until tomorrow” which players he uses in a “very complicated match ” against a rival that “is up”.
The Biscayan coach believes that “physical fatigue is combated with mental issues, especially in the first half hour”, in which “you may not notice the fatigue” because the sevillistas come “from several matches with good results and the desire playing many times depends on that”.
The Basque coach assumes that “if you don’t win, it’s difficult to get through to the crowd. Now, the results have helped the message get through but a different game is coming” against an opponent who has “a style of play that favors” Sevilla because Villarreal “gives the option of pressing. The same was not the case against Cádiz,” he said.
Mendilibar criticized the profusion of matches on the calendar, since “the Super Cup was for one game, but now two other teams are invited”, while on the dates “for team friendlies, a competition with categories A has been set up, B and C. The physique can’t take it but the dynamic is to organize matches and televise them.” EFE
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