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The Valencia was receiving this Monday in Mestalla al Racing of Santander with a clear idea: to win to leave to fifthly classified six points for below. Nevertheless, after 90 minutes are disputed, they can feel satisfied with the tie to zeros end, because although the domain has been valencianista, the Racing has had the clearest opportunities to note down.

It is true that the set of Unai Emery was confronting the meeting with numerous falls (César, Albelda, Banega, Marchena …), but that cannot serve as excuse when a team who wants to aspire to everything and has in his attacking plot four international Spanish, receives in his fief to other who fights to avoid the descent.

The problem of the Valencia is clear. He suffers very much when it has to take the weight of the meeting. Only Miscellany and Banega have the quality to move the team, but if the first one is extinguished and the second one in the step, the problems to open the opposite defense are accentuated. To Card the gasoline him lasts one to open and to close of eyes and to Mature you cannot ask him to construct game. Enough has done cutting the racinguista.

So to the set ché there was staying little more than to entrust some inmate for band of Pablo or Bush, or some blow with an axe of David Villa. Close it was of coming in a pair of occasions of the first part in which the defense of the Racing got confused, but the gourd was first with Coltorti and later with the post.

As for the Racing, it is necessary to point out that it goes away of Mestalla with a sweet and sour flavor. Probably Miguel Ángel Portugal would have signed the tie before starting the meeting, but considering the occasions of the Cantabrian set it is not possible to be completely happy. Sergio Canales was the player that more danger led to the Moyá goal, but he could not materialize his occasions, several of very clear them. But I joust that is to say that was not completely a demerit of the young talent racinguista, but rather virtue of the ex-goalkeeper of Majorca. A player questioned by Mestalla in what we go of period and relegated to the stool for the veteran César, but who in this occasion has been able to demonstrate his worth.

As it has been done by Joel, right side street of the quarry of the Valencia that has made debut given the falls of the local picture. The lad has passed with note, and although it has suffered from a few muscular problems for lack of ten minutes, has managed to finish the meeting.

I repeat. Apathetic and insufficient Valencia, without ideas. To a club with this staff it is necessary to demand him more. It is not a question of results, but of sensations, game. Really only the Racing has been able to take peacefully three Mestalla points, the fact is that the Valencia has not even known how to create danger.

– the true thing is that in June it finishes my contract, and when the trainers we finish a contract it is clear that we have to hope that it should finish the Championship to be able to decide the future on the parts that should be considered. In this case, Majorca if it offers me the renewal, and if not, to look for other professional alternatives; the situation is this, I him neither turn I nor think about it either. Right now the only thing that I think it is on what we are commenting, the days that stay to finish the Championship, and when it ends, God will say.

– very well, the professional questions of the trainers … we never see what our destination will be. I have spent for diverse circumstances in my professional facet, and one always dreams of being able to be in some team with a few high aspirations. But this destination does not depend on one, but logically on the teams, on the offers that could come. That is like that, although I feel perfectly reached in spite of training every year in the First Division, but major aspirations please any professional, and if one day some offer of a big team was coming to me, he would be grateful for it.

– yes, it is an option that can happen. Already in a previous epoch, before coming to Majorca, I had some offer of the foreign soccer but I decided to continue in Spain. On equal terms, of course, I like the Spanish League for all the connotations that it has, but it would not reject any option if it was interesting out of Spain.

It would not reject an interesting option to train abroad, although on equal terms I choose Spain

I believe more in the autodemand than in the pressure; in all the teams there is pressure, but it is something that I overcame some time ago

– not, I believe that there comes a moment in which the pressure is the one that one himself demands from himself, at least this way I understand it. In the soccer there is pressure in all the teams. The dimension is that let’s want to understand, each one in his magnitude; every team has to reach a few certain targets and that has an added pressure. Hence it creates more in the fortitude like trainer that one wants to be marked, to support every day this autodemand of asking more the team, of printing him more than it has, separating all the circumstances that could surround a team of soccer in a certain moment. Personally, I believe that I overcame the pressure some time ago.

– it should not. In this case, we have to work an aspect with the professionals, of reaching a top goal. This team in the last two periods has obtained the seventh one and a ninth position; then, we have achieved to today that Majorca is in the day 25 be the best of the history of the entity in the First Division; earlier it had never obtained 43 points in 25 days. That demonstrates that the team is not for anything comfortably is going to relax, but everything opposite. We have done records of the victories at home consecutive, ten victories at home, a record never done here in Majorca; we have reached the best punctuation in the first return; anyway, he might say marks to you and records of a team that for nothing has been comfortable it is not even relaxed. Therefore, in this final sprint we are going to continue in this intensity of reaching major goals and then, in the end, the time will give or remove reasons, but certainly we are not going to throw the towel are going now to think about other things.

– since yes, there has been. The soccer of ten years ago to now has changed very much; it is necessary only to see the Barcelona and Real Madrid, across these budgets that they can handle, the existing differences between these teams and the rest of the League have gone in growth, and keep on doing it. Also in ten years many things have happened, logically. There have happened situations of teams that have had spectacular falls to the Second Division, surprising teams, and that then have been reborn of his ashes and have been consolidated in the Spanish soccer, as it is the case of the Seville in the latter decade. The fall also of the Athletic one of Madrid and his consequent consolidation in the First.

And then the mechanisms are mediáticos, the massive arrival in the latter years of the television means, with everything what it transports. At present we are, he was going to say suffering or suffering, but it is not like that, but taking up office, this is the word; assuming the television schedules that mark little tendencies of the proper sports programming. Anyway, I believe that the soccer in ten years has been evolving, in some cases for better, we always hope for that; and other times in negative aspects. The most modest teams are suffering with the inflow decrease to the stadiums, due to the television topics, which in some case do that the spectators continue seeing at home the soccer.

The modest teams are suffering with the mechanisms mediáticos, it has diminished the public’s inflow to the stadiums

The budgets that handle the Barcelona and Real Madrid do that the differences increase with the rest; the soccer has changed very much in ten years

– in the times, this year some are turning out to be that have been pupils. Curiously I was a teacher of the National School of Trainers in Andalusia, and in the course of time I have faced to Pepe Murcia, which was a pupil of this national course; I faced also López Caro, who also was my pupil there in Seville. And then, there are appearing now also players that I have directed, like the case of Unai Emery and Aurelio Gay, which were my players in the Toledo. They are persons who have been with me in a place or other and who are already qualified professionally, they prepared to direct teams as they are doing so well. Even, another type of trainers who are appearing of the low categories, since it can be the case of Manolo Jiménez, which so good work is doing in the Seville, after living through everything what is the structure sevillista from the base. Young trainers who are fighting and doing that the soccer also has another face of the currency. The veterans giving, between quotation marks, example of calmness; and the young man who comes in progression and with desire. This is the good miscellany that the soccer needs.

– it is a topic to which here in Spain we give him an excessive importance, and with the culture of soccer that we have we are not going to change. It has been like that throughout the years. The umpire is a professional who neither has any more less it does not even influence; on having directed a party, we know that it is exposed to the error. It is very difficult to arbitrate in soccer, and in some cases they are the proper soccer players those who make it complicated with his performances. In Spain we should reduce a little the pressure towards a few persons that, I believe sincerely, always they try to be right in it and be just persons; but, my friend, any decision today is looked by magnifying glass across this influence mediática that have all the parties, with all the interests that exist in game, and perhaps the umpire is most abandoned of all. I believe that we should give a step backwards and leave the a little calmer umpires, not give them so many fame them to do so important in some cases. knowing them, when they are met, I believe that they have a healthy intention of being right in it, although in some cases they are wrong, but I believe than without bad intention.

>>> We Are grateful deeply to Gregorio Manzano the one that has dedicated his time to us, his experience and his word. We hope that it him should go well what it reduces of Championship, that Majorca obtains these goals about which he speaks to us. Receive a hug of the ‘writing’ of Notes of Soccer, teacher. Thanks a lot.

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If the humility is a gift, don Gregorio Manzano is a portrait of the humility. Do to take for the holder. The technician jaenés realizes that, despite the big trajectory of Real Majorca this period, a difficult stretch stays ahead. If the value of a history can measure itself for the grade of emotion of a voice, for the conviction of a few words, for the feeling that they detach … one he warns concerning seconds how serious the club vermilion is for Apple tree, the union that the daily struggle has generated, and the illusion that there grant the results, which this time grant him the permission to dream. To dream being a realist. I like seeing when two trainers are greeted and embrace each other before a meeting. Since to speak with Apple tree is like receiving this hug. And speaking about soccer, which is not small.

– right now we are in a good moment, although it will depend on the rest of the Championship. After the defeat before the Seville the team has recovered and has extracted six points in the last two days; that means that we have got up after this important defeat that we had at home and, therefore, it is necessary to say that yes, that the team is strong.

– let’s hope to be able to keep on saying that our stadium is the base of our excellent period and classification. These teams always have a level over the rest and it will be difficult, but the local factor till now is coming to us enough good and let’s hope that before these four teams, at least, we could add points and resist those that we have left to ourselves out of house in some days that were propitious to have added up.

– not, mysteriously not, what happens is that there have been circumstances that in any parties us have not been favorable and have prevented us from adding points. Frequently I have repeated it was the alignment of the same team that was winning at home and the circumstances have not happened. In the end also it is necessary to admit that if we should do so much fully out as at home, so we would not be speaking about Majorca, but about Real Madrid or about the Barcelona. The truth is that we have to fit to what we are and to the team that we have, so from this point of view it is necessary to be a realist and to not look for other explanations.

Our stadium is the base of our excellent period, and before the big ones we hope to add up to resist what we leave ourselves out

If we had done so much fully out as at home, we would not be speaking about Majorca; it is necessary to be a realist and to not look for other explanations

– since there are always complicated visits. The Getafe takes six days without winning and this does that the teams conspire together to break these negative dynamics that sometimes happen in the Championship. We go in a good moment, and that in the rival, who does not spend it well, it provokes a top force to try to go out of this situation. It will not be a comfortable visit not easily, but we her are going to fight. We were already in Getafe in the party back of Cup, which we manage to gain although it was not sufficient to spend the quarter finals qualifying round, and this experience must serve to us it to think of repeating.

– our beginning of period was a little difficult; first because the change of property was not carried out till the end of August, and therefore we did not have the team shaped even later enclosed of the first League day against the Xerez, without being able to realize in pre-season either any connection or conjunction of the players of the staff. Then, in the course of the Championship this property that it brought in had to leave for diverse problems and, in these moments, the club is in the creditors’ contest.

The team has overcome all these events with a lot of professionalism, with a big fortitude and with a big union. The players have wanted to demonstrate that, across his work, they are they those who extract the team pass, and they are doing it to thousand marvels. I the only thing for that I have asked them there is this illusion that it is necessary to have every Sunday when a team jumps to the field to win, this necessary union during the whole week so that the group does not collapse and, especially, so that we are an ambitious team inside our possibilities. I am super satisfied and proudly of them, that is true.

With the change of property, we did not have the team shaped up to begun the League; the group has overcome the problems with a lot of professionalism

The only thing for that I have asked them there is the illusion of every Sunday, this union that makes us self-seekers inside our possibilities

– very well, in particular those who are of last year are known, and the positive thing is well that they keep on doing it. And those who have come, each one has contributed inside the level for that we were waiting. They are players with a few qualities that we believed that they could give to us. In some case we speak about return, like Borja Valero, who already knew the house and it made debut with me it does two periods in the First Division, and his level keeps on being good, enclosed better after his step along the English League. I already had Julio Álvarez in the Racing of Santander years ago; Rubén is a player that we were following for time and finally we manage to bring. Anyway, I believe that all the players are fulfilling the expectations that we deposit in them before bringing them and are very proud of all; of those who have come and of those who were already the past period.

– we have gone so far as to overcome the punctuation that mathematically to today, according to the last years, gives the permanence, which was the principal target, a realistic target. Since now this week we have to prepare our head to support this classification that we have. We take from the day 1 up to 25 in European positions, it means that we have supported a regularity more than notable; now well, if we continue this regularity in the last third of the Championship to dream of a square of ‘Champions‘ would be possible, although only if some of the teams that are in this area, be called Valencia or Seville, they were failing and lose little force for being in European competitions. If in the end we obtain an European square, already of UEFA it would be a happiness for all, and if in the end out of ‘Champions‘ it would be the biggest achievement obtained by a team with so scarce means along a championship as difficult as Spanish.

Villarreal and Athletic are they too much far from this battle, truth?

– they are relatively far, but there are two teams capable of chaining three, four, five consecutive victories and of getting hooked up quickly by the head positions. With the Villarreal we have ‘goal average’ gather and the Athletic one of Madrid is our next visit here at home. I do not discard them so that they could fight for these European positions, although relatively they are distant, because into one league of three points in three Sundays it can change everything.

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Memory does a pair of years when the Real Valladolid was proving an international Bosnian sub21 with Holland proceeding from the AZ of Van Gaal. With a lot of attention he was observing the pre-season of the club pucelano waiting, with many excepticismo, for the future of Haris Medunjanin.

He convinced Mendilibar, weight reason to believe that Haris Medunjanin is slightly more than an any soccer player. The Villarreal I remember a shock opposite to in pre-season where ex-of the AZ it left. It was the touch that he was lacking to remain in the Spanish league.

The minutes in official competition were late in coming and the few ones which he enjoyed scarcely were satisfied by them to a love impatient to see the international Bosnian. In the current period it is playing more but it turns out to be showier his spectacular goals than the game that it develops on the lawn. Job is not him inside the team and it does not seem easy that Haris Medunjanin adapts himself to a specific position. Everything will be easier while his great goals eclipse his lacks. It gives the sensation of turning into crack or of remaining in nothing.

Most of the culés that I know admire more to this one Barcelona that to any other of previous epochs. Only they stop loving a little his team when it plays Chygrynskiy or Henry and not Pedro does it. The indignation was going to more in the last weeks so while the canterano oven was playing well and was doing important goals the French veteran was following with a position in eleven to title almost allowing to take his years to the maximum level and the punishment of his injuries.

Money box has been brave again and has done something that seems logical to many and that in Barcelona supporters mouth should already have been done earlier: it has sat to Henry in the stool to give entry to Pedro.

Pedro keeps on demonstrating with his game and his goals that it was something more than a revulsive. It keeps on growing and passing every day bigger. With the change of chromium in eleven initial the Barcelona has gained freshness but it has lost experience. The tendencía of one is to go down and that of other is clearly in progression. When Henry never came to the Barca one imagined that that one canterano called Pedrito was going to take the place from him.

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