“Playing against Levante is a nice challenge”
“Playing against Levante is a nice challenge”
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Miguel Álvarez called on his team to show personality to get a positive result from the Ciutat de València

Villarreal B head coach Miguel Álvarez has spoken to the press ahead of the Mini Submarine’s upcoming game against Levante UD, corresponding to Matchday 5 of the LaLiga SmartBank season, on Saturday 10th September at 9pm CEST at the Ciutat de València.

The start of the league season

“I think that after four games, having seven points with a newly-promoted team and with the core of the players from last still adapting to the division, makes us more relaxed and believe in what we are doing. If it were to end like this, I would be very happy, but there are still 38 games to go. I have the idea that we have to work very hard because there is still a long way to go.”

The opponent

“Levante are a team who at a high level, but in the second tier this feeling will be constant because there are many teams at a high level. Levante are one of the teams that will be looking to get promoted directly or be in the play-offs, but we, as a team, are going to try to improve on what we saw in Granada. In football there are many uncontrollable things. Every game has to be an important lesson. We’re playing at a difficult ground, but we’ve prepared very well this week and we know where we’re going.”

Key points

“I think the key will be the rigour of knowing their strengths and weaknesses. We must have personality. We know that they are going to try and sink us and put us under pressure. If we let them dominate us, we will suffer a lot. They are strong on set pieces, we have to have personality on the ball, not let them get to us and take advantage of the chances we have.”

Fans

“The fans are going to find a team that is going to go out with the mentality of looking for the rival and make our fans enjoy it. We want to win. Every time I’ve come to the press room I’ve said that the game was important, because they all are. Playing against Levante is a very nice challenge.”

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