‘We are looking forward to playing again in front of our fans and achieving victory’

José María Gutiérrez has given a press conference to talk about Thursday's game against Real Oviedo, who will be visiting the Juegos Mediterraneos Stadium after a matchweek off competition. For this reason, the Almeria’s manager has stressed that ‘when you are used to competing weekly and there is a break, the team could pay for it’, although he has preferred to focus on the fact that this week off competition has allowed the squad and the coaching staff to train more days and get to know each other better to prepare the next matchdays. ‘Hopefully this will not affect the players’ he added. 

José María Gutiérrez sees Asturians as ‘a team that have got talented attacking midfielders and forwards’. This fact will force our squad to maintain a high level of concentration to avoid setbacks. ‘I expect Oviedo to wait for us in their defensive third and then counter-attack’, he said. 

At this point in time, the UD Almeria’s head coach has also expressed that giving good news to the UD Almeria’s President is another great motivation for the players. Although, generally speaking ‘every match counts’, this will be slightly different because it is an exciting opportunity to dedicate it to his excellence Turki Al-Sheikh and wish him a speedy recovery. 

This will be the first home game in 2020 between UD Almería and Real Oviedo. It will take place at the Juegos Mediterraneos Stadium. The manager’s painful memory is the last defeat at home against Ponferradina, so this time he is looking forward to playing in front of all the Almeria’s fans and supporters and celebrate another victory with them all’.