Real Sociedad manager Imanol Alguacil has claimed that he is convinced that they will pass Real Madrid on Tuesday evening and in the Copa del Rey final. It is a huge task for the Txuri-Urdin, which will be forced this from behind, after he has lost 1-0 to Anoeta because of a goal by Endrick Felipe.
Alguacil was nothing, if not exactly in his press conference for the competition, and noted that it made little difference that Los Blancos was favorites.
“Real Madrid is always the favorite to win, they are the favorite to win La Liga, the Copa, the Champions League and the Club World Cup, they have a great team and a great coach, but the players and I are convinced that we will be those who will be in the final,” he explained to Marca.
The Basque manager, who wants to emphasize La Real this season for the past six years, noted that it would be 'another historical night of many', was really Sociedad to qualify.
“In the heads of the players and me, it is about having history write with our club. In the final, a historic night would be, and we are going to fight for it,” he explained, although he denied that their previous 4-3 victory over Real Madrid in 2020 was fresh in their mind.
“I do not live in the past, but in the present, and I told them that we have lost both games this season, but we are close to winning them. We have to play such a game and be effective for the goal. If we do that, with the greatest respect for Madrid, I am convinced that we are in the final.
Asked what Real Madrid does best under Carlo Ancelotti, Alguacil did not go into Specfics.
“I think they have done a lot of things since Carlo took over. He is more than proven what a great coach he is and the performance he gets from all his squadrons. Whatever players he has, he always gets the best, and they are a favorite to win every competition.”
The Txuri Urdin is not expected to make many changes to the first stage, and the options of Alguacil are limited by injuries, with Brais Mendez, Arsen Zakhayan, Jon Pacheco, Sheraldo Becker and Alvaro OdrioZola out of operation due to injury. Much of the Ancelotti press conference was dominated in advance by the toll that the heavy schedule also accepts its players, with Real Madrid also has several important absences in their team.
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