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| JOSÉ LORES |
I don’t know what to say other than what a
performance! If there is a team in world football who play better football than
Celta have this season I want to see them. Goals from Nolito (25), Iago Aspas
(29, 56) and John Guidetti (82) provided us with a result that none of us will
forget any time soon to put us joint top of the league table.
First of all, I would like to say thank you
to Paco Herrera. Thank you for building the foundations of the cantera and
achieving promotion, you have my eternal gratitude. Thank you to Abel Resino,
thank you for keeping us in the division when all seemed lost, this would not
be possible without you. Thank you to Luis Enrique, thank you for giving this
team the confidence that they can beat anyone with good football, you deserve
all of your successes. And finally thank you to Toto Berizzo, thank you for
building a team that every Celtista around the world can be proud of and for
sticking to your principals no matter what, you have made our humble club the
envy of the footballing world.
There is not one player who doesn’t deserve
10 out of 10. Sergio Alvarez showed his worth with some fantastic saves to deny
Barcelona on numerous occasions. The defence of Hugo, Cabral, Sergi and Jonny
was nothing short of perfect. Messi, Suarez and Neymar hardly had a kick all
game, a trio that even the best teams in Europe have been unable to stop. The
midfield was excellent once again. Without doubt Augusto has been the best
midfielder in the league this season with Daniel Wass arguably being the best new
signing in La Liga up to now. Radoja came into the side and played with the
experience and the knowhow of a full international rather than a 22 year old.
Finally our attack, madre mía. The fact that a player with Nolito’s quality is
still here, still performing week after week is nothing short of a small
miracle. Fabian Orellana gave Mathieu endless problems whilst working
tirelessly throughout; his progression over the last 18 months has been quite
spectacular. Seeing Iago Aspas scoring in the sky blue shirt again fills me
with joy, what a performance from the genius of Moaña.
I for one am incredibly pleased that we
took the game to Barcelona. We pressed high with intensity, played our
possession game and showed no fear to the European Champions. We showed the
world how football should be played and for that I am proud. As for our targets this season, it is only
natural that they have risen given our fantastic start to the season. I think
it is a little too early on in the season to be thinking about the Champions
League but judging from our last two performances and the recent results of
Valencia and Sevilla I think that we are right to be optimistic. The Europa
League is definitely within our reach with the team we have and I am confident
that this will be a very successful season indeed.
This Saturday we face an Eibar side that
have played above expectation so far this season. It is a game that we should
be looking to win without underestimating the ability of the opposition. It
will be interesting to see whether Toto sees it necessary to make some changes
in what will be our third game within seven days or stick with the same side
but either way, we will go into the game with a lot of confidence in ourselves
and it is important that we use this to our advantage to continue our great
start to the season.
Best regards and come on Celta!
¡Saludos y Hala Celta!
¡Saudos e Ala Celta!
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