Inigo Perez was one of the protagonists at the Red Bull Arena in the preview of the Conference League final against Crystal Palace. The technician, together with Trejo and Álvaro Garcíaappeared before the media at a press conference to analyze the
You said you didn’t care about tomorrow’s result, did you change your mind?: “I said that, but I also said that I was going to change the discourse when the game approached. There will be things that we are not used to. We have to ignore the spotlight and accept what appears. We must maintain our identity and make sure we win.”
Play against a Premier team: “Beyond the comparisons added to the sport, which have nothing to do with the game, we must represent Vallecas and our fans. With that and maintaining our fire, it will be successful. We cannot control the result, the rest we can. We must ignore the type of comparisons that have to do with marketing.”
Vallecas and the fans watching the game there: “I’ve been saying it all year. You feel an emotional debt and an enormous responsibility. Not about the result, but about what you do, you feel proud. It won’t be an exception in the final. Hopefully we can give you a way of moving that is in line with what we have done.”
Style similar to that of the Palace: “We share traits and we have a way of understanding sacrifice in an identical way. The structures are different but we combine the collective. When those powers collide, you know that the impact will be important. At the beginning of the competition, if we choose an opponent, they would be the chosen ones.”
Difference from the finals as a player: “I have a feeling of being overwhelmed so that they can receive the information in a clean way. Until yesterday I was consumed. Today it is their turn. As a player, you are the one who plays and feels those stimuli. Both have their share of responsibility.”
His speech: “All of us who follow sports have seen great directors doing things that come to the fore when they don’t win. When you imitate them and lose, they don’t say that they have used the same method. We have to go towards the feeling of how you played when you were children. We must simplify things.”
Next step?: “There is only one left. I never like to talk about ‘You have to win’. I can’t say that to the players. Let them replicate what has brought them this far and not change their scenarios, that will generate security for them.”
Trejo and Álvaro García also spoke
The captain spoke about what had crossed his mind. “That a group of friends will be lucky enough to play tomorrow. It will be magical. The road has been hard, we started and we thought how long it would last. Let’s go out tomorrow with everything and enjoy”Trejo revealed.
It will be her last dance and this is how she will live it: “Be grateful for the moment and for your colleagues. Emotions and fears will appear, but it is to enjoy. Not only for us, but also for the people who have come. Hopefully we can make them happy”.
Álvaro, for his part, was asked what he would think in his childhood about playing in a final like tomorrow’s. “I would be freaking out. Many times you think if you will be a professional, imagine playing in a European final”stated the winger.
