The coach of C.D. Leganés, Borja Jiménez, appeared this Saturday at the press conference before the match that the team will play on Monday (21:00) against C.A. Osasuna at the Estadio Municipal Butarque, corresponding to the 30th round of LALIGA EA SPORTS.
The coach does not believe that the team will be affected by playing knowing what their direct rivals have done: "We know that our position will not change much. We are looking forward to the game even knowing the results and knowing that we are playing at home and we have to win, but it does not increase our pressure. We have just played four good games in terms of sensations. The line has to remain the same. We have been penalized in very specific situations, but the boys have a great conviction and they are in very good shape. What we have to do is convert that feeling of deserving into points".
The man from Ávila, who confirmed the only absence of Óscar, due to suspension (the other day he played a good game and gave us speed on the left side. We need a player with the ability to do the same in terms of defensive volume, appear on the inside, have the ability to arrive in transitions), believes that the clash is not a final, "because a final is all or nothing. But it is a very important game. We have five games left at home and a big part of our objective will depend on what we do here".
“We have to create from strength, it is the destiny of all the teams that are fighting for salvation”
Regarding the last matchday, he commented that he did not leave "with bad feelings from the game. You are left with a bittersweet taste of doing things well and not getting a result. This has been a very long week, we have had six training sessions and it has been very normal".
Regarding the last run of matches, Borja affirmed that "when you have more attackers you generate more goal situations, yours and for the rival. We're not benefiting from this cross-fire, but we have to keep insisting. We have room for improvement to adjust those defensive aspects that are causing us to concede goals. We have to create from solidity, it is the destiny of all the teams that are fighting for salvation. We have to find that middle ground of balance".
"The schedule is not the best, but we depend a lot on the fans in these five finals at home to get an important number of victories"
Looking ahead to Monday, the coach appealed to the fans: "They are very important for us, as they proved last year and this year as well. The schedule is not the best, but we depend a lot on them in these five finals at home to get an important number of victories. Let's hope we have the luck we've been missing in the last few games to get a win".
Finally, regarding the arrival of the new sporting director, Andrés Pardo, he stated that "the president gave the explanations he thought appropriate about what is happening, and what we have to do is to get out of this defeatist message. We depend on ourselves, it is in our hands and we do not need anyone else to keep the category. Nobody is going to come to save us, we knew from the beginning that it was going to be like this".
