{"id":222848,"date":"2022-02-06T15:25:02","date_gmt":"2022-02-06T14:25:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/villarrealcf.es\/\/unai-emery-the-team-is-back-where-it-should-be-in-laliga\/"},"modified":"2022-02-06T15:25:02","modified_gmt":"2022-02-06T14:25:02","slug":"unai-emery-the-team-is-back-where-it-should-be-in-laliga","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/villarrealcf.es\/en\/unai-emery-the-team-is-back-where-it-should-be-in-laliga\/","title":{"rendered":"Unai Emery: “The team is back where it should be in LaLiga”"},"content":{"protected":false,"blocks":[{"type":"image","url":"https:\/\/villarrealcf.es\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/5ca1d06ef13927e1f369c8ee19b1b550.jpg","alt":"||||||","width":819,"height":460,"srcset":"https:\/\/villarrealcf.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/5ca1d06ef13927e1f369c8ee19b1b550.jpg 819w, https:\/\/villarrealcf.es\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/5ca1d06ef13927e1f369c8ee19b1b550.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/villarrealcf.es\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/5ca1d06ef13927e1f369c8ee19b1b550.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/villarrealcf.es\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/5ca1d06ef13927e1f369c8ee19b1b550.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/villarrealcf.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/5ca1d06ef13927e1f369c8ee19b1b550-32x18.jpg 32w, https:\/\/villarrealcf.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/5ca1d06ef13927e1f369c8ee19b1b550-150x84.jpg 150w, https:\/\/villarrealcf.es\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/5ca1d06ef13927e1f369c8ee19b1b550.jpg 1920w","sizes":"auto, (max-width: 819px) 100vw, 819px"},{"type":"paragraph","text":"The Basque head coach underlines his satisfaction at putting in a great performance against Real Betis"},{"type":"paragraph","text":"Villarreal head coach Unai Emery appeared in front of the press after the game against Real Betis (0-2) at the Benito Villamar\u00edn. 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The team has hit back with the match against Mallorca, and today\u2019s game. After a number of players have returned, we have more options and that gives us more confidence."},{"type":"paragraph","text":"Three crucial points"},{"type":"paragraph","text":"The 38-game LaLiga season will not lie and will put every team where they belong to be. Today wasn\u2019t pressure, but there were demands. There are a lot of teams who are going to fight for the European spots and we\u2019re a team that wants to be in Europe and go shoulder-to-shoulder with those teams. Because of today, we\u2019re surer of ourselves and we gain confidence."},{"type":"paragraph","text":"A tight table"},{"type":"paragraph","text":"LaLiga is a great league because it\u2019s tight and we\u2019re all very close. We\u2019re fighting to get back in it after our start to the season, and we are critical of ourselves because of that. Now, apart from the defeat in Elche, we\u2019re doing things well. 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We\u2019re fighting to get back in it after our start to the season, and we are critical of ourselves because of that. Now, apart from the defeat in Elche, we\u2019re doing things well. 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