Real Sociedad manager Imanol Alguacil has said that his team will be forced to defend deeply and press high against Real Madrid in their Copa del Rey Semi-Final., A side that will in his eyes create opportunities against whatever plan he also Togty places. The Txuri Urdin have not been consistent in La Liga this season, but are alive and well in the Cup matches, with a Europa League collision against Manchester United to come next week.
“I am happy because we are in the two semi -final, the three major teams in La Liga and us, so the four major teams. We play at home, for our fans, probably against the best team in the world at the moment, which is being demonstrated, with a great coach, for whom I have a lot of respect. “
“Even if you remove five of his teeth, I can tell you that it will not affect him much,” said Alguacil about the potential absence of Kylian Mbappe as a result of a tooth that was eliminated. However, he was wrong because Mbappe did not travel with Los Blancos and will be one of the various important absence.
La Real has fitness problems himself, but Luka Sucic has been recovered well for schedule, and Nayef Aguerd will be a playing time for Alguacil. Arsen Zakharyan will miss a muscle injury after a brilliant goal this weekend. The Basque coach warned his side that they should do many different things to beat Real Madrid.
'How to beat? We will have to do everything, against a team of such a level that you cannot always press high, sometimes they will force us to be compact and withdraw. We also know that they are very powerful in set pieces, they are the best in everything, they create opportunities against teams that withdraw and against teams that print, that's why they win everything they win. Of course we will have to do very well, because if they distract you for a minute, they will kill you. “
He was asked if the goal was that Real Sociedad simply came to the return bone in the Santiago Bernabeu in the semi -final alive.
“It would be great news, because it would mean that we participated in tomorrow's game, but first we have to play in the Reale Arena, because you can have a game plan and then things happen through small details that you don't expect. , depending on how the game progresses and the result, why should we not have to think about the next and that would be a great sign. “
Carlo Ancelotti had noticed that Fede Valverde and Mbappe would have the chance to play at Anoeta, but both have now been omitted from the Real Madrid team. There has been some suggestion that the spirit of Real Madrid could be elsewhere, with a tight La Liga title race that takes place and a Champions League -similar play against Atletico Madrid next week, and there was little talk about Real Sociedad in the Press conference of the Italian press conference.
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