Sampaoli: "We need to have more fury and forcefulness"

   MADRID, 24 Ene. (EUROPA PRESS) -

The Sevilla coach, Jorge Sampaoli, analyzed this Tuesday that the team needs to "have more forcefulness" and "fury" to "ratify its dominance" of the matches "in the result", before an "important" and "definitive" match against Osasuna in the quarterfinals of the Copa del Rey.

"It's an important game, difficult too. You have to make a global analysis and put the best team to face a defining match in a difficult stadium," said the Argentine coach at the press conference prior to the game this Wednesday (10:00 p.m.). .

Sampaoli stressed that advancing to the semifinals in the tournament "would put the club in the hierarchy", although he asked not to "set aside" that on Saturday they have a new LaLiga Santander game "with players who have been adding many minutes, something that" can generate a decrease in performance ".

"Since we have so few players, we have to see that one game doesn't harm us the next. Ocampos only had 20 minutes of real play, he's training well, but he doesn't have a competitive rhythm. Papu (Gómez) is very close to coming back, but he still It's not good. Delaney had a more serious injury and he needs a little more filming to compete in this type of defining matches", he advanced on the state of the squad, which also has Fernando out.

Faced with this widespread fatigue, the Argentine insisted that "players who are one hundred percent have to play, beyond their proper names." "If you win, it will be fine, if you lose, surely, the election will be bad. We hope that tomorrow's game will not feel as much as Saturday's," he wished.

"We need to generate and have more forcefulness in relation to the dominance we have. So much dominance and reaching the end with the game tied, is that it forces us to have more fury. We lack that degree of forcefulness to ratify the dominance in the result", Sampaoli analyzed the current performance and moment of the Seville team, already out of relegation in the League after beating Cádiz (1-0).

That last game left "some kind of fatigue" in the squad, which could be a problem when facing Osasuna. "They press very well and win a lot of duels, that's why it's an important challenge for us. We have to consolidate the growth of our idea, with more difficult obstacles," he warned.

"Osasuna has great aggressiveness and good organization, a lot of speed, they travel very well. We will try not to have played any Cup game at home so that it does not affect our competitiveness," he said about the match for which 3rd place and rain are expected . However, Sampaoli does not believe that the cold will cause them "inconvenience", so he reiterated that it cannot be "an excuse" against an opponent "who is hoping to reach the semifinals with the season he is doing".

The coach addressed everything related to the Sevilla market and gave a positive assessment of the imminent arrival of Jeff Reine-Adélaïde. "He is a midfielder with a lot of dynamics, good unevenness. He is a mixed midfielder with arrival and talent, he can contribute us quantitatively and hopefully qualitatively. He has the conditions to help us in a place on the field where we are 'fair'", he celebrated he.

"I don't decide if the squad is closed. I don't decide who arrives or who doesn't arrive. The club knows very well what I wanted and what I want, but I don't determine it. The market is still open, when it ends we will see what it is the definitive squad and we will take stock. I have no record of exits or entrances, I only train the players that I have today in the locker room," he added.

Specifically, he dealt with the situation of Adnan Januzaj, with hardly any minutes, despite his "talent". "But there is a distance between what I need from him and what he thinks he can give me. Everything is a matter of time, hopefully we get closer, because he is a Sevilla player. I have the obligation to get the best out of him", he analyzed.

Finally, he did not want to comment on the "conduct" of the club's sports director, Ramón Rodríguez Verdejo 'Monchi', when the team wins and loses. He has a great feeling for the club. I have too much with my bad behaviors to talk about those of others, "he said.