‘It’ll be a game between two evenly-matched teams so we’ll have to think it through’
José Gomes is full of praise for Girona and is adamant that his players ‘keep the game under control calmly’ at all times
José Gomes, head coach of UD Almería, spoke to the press via video-conference before Sunday's home match against Girona that ‘it’ll be a game between two evenly-matched teams so we’ll have to think it through.’ It won’t be won within the first two minutes and done! In point of fact, he added that this happens in every game and it happens even more against opponents of undoubted potential who are fighting for promotion and that the Portuguese head coach praises.
Moreover, José Gomes explained that ‘apart from their individual talent and the speed of the wingers and attacking playmaker, they’re a well organised team who prepare ahead very well, trying to prevent any opponents from exploiting their strengths. They study their rivals very well and they’re always very well prepared.’ Be that as it may, as he specified, ‘they also have weakness and we’ll try to take advantage of them.’
For the UD Almería head coach, it will be key ‘that we keep calm and have the game under control at all times’; I hope that what happened in the last minutes in Castellón does not happen to us again. We just have to be ourselves.’
Both teams will meet again after playing each other last season in the play-off semi-finals for promotion to the top flight. When the Lusitanian was asked if there was a strong desire for revenge, he replied ‘no, not at all. They are different games, different seasons, there are many new players… it would also be putting more pressure and it wouldn’t be good.’