LALIGA SANTANDER The Gipuzkoan coach isolates himself from the Cup to extend the league streak
Julen Lopetegui understand what to be pragmatic one hundred percent is the only thing that helps you in the elite football. They are his words. While the fan waited yesterday for the draw from Copa del Rey and discussed the best option for the Sevilla can reach the final to be played in The Cartuja, the technician did not vary his speech and focused only on the Getafe. Of the Barcelona there will be time to speak.
The Guipuzcoan does not want anything to break that Balance that keeps the team alive in three competitions -Liga, Champions and Copa del Rey-, defending a hellish calendar barely giving him a breath and chaining a streak of 13 wins in his last 16 official appointments.
Nor is he a friend of statistics, but he has taken the measure to Getafe. Four clashes with Christmas on the bench, four wins Y no goal conceded. Opportunity for the azulones, at the beginning of their particular climb to Tourmalet that comes in February, to start breaking that streak.
To assault Nervión, Bordalás land with Djené as main novelty. The Togolese returns after his sanction that prevented him from being in front of the Alaves and with the painful defeat in his last away game still on the retina.
The Alicante, yes, loses Arambarri, the compass in the middle. Will be Timor that will accompany Maksimovic to continue with 1-4-2-3-1 although it could also put Alena and play with two prongs. Olivera Y Gourd son Doubts. They have trained with the group and Bordalás decide today. The azulones want to sleep closer to Europe than from the burning posts.
Lopetegui also has Doubts, Navas is the main one. And several low, the last, Rakitic by sanction. Also, it is hard not to think about the cup date next Wednesday and in need of rotate. Looking at Sevilla, many wonder if he will be able to keep up at this rate. We will see. Match by match.