Martinez: "It will be a great match"

Juan Ignacio Martinez said Thursday that he raised with humor is a favorite in all fields, even in the Camp Nou, when asked by the team he considered favorite for the derby with Valencia which will be held Saturday at the stadium Ciutat of Valencia. This was stated in a press conference in which he made clear that a lot of respect the opponent and it is logical that there is more competition from the Levant to Valencia in the other direction.

"We walk by professional football has had ups and downs and this is so," said Martinez, who hopes this meeting an opponent who will come "with the charged batteries" after his last match in the Champions League. Asked what team you play more, said it is difficult to pinpoint, as his team gets a good start to the season, but also a slip in the game lost in Pamplona on Sunday. "For us it is an important meeting. We must recover our level because we have a schedule ahead very hard," said coach granota, who hopes his team is "competitive against a team with great talent" and can give a victory to his hobby.

Martinez believes that Valencia is a team with alternatives to that, especially, must take the ball "to avoid his monologues with the ball." "With two passes you can make a goal. They have speed and are good pieces. We must be very careful with this strategy," said the coach of the East by enumerating the virtues of his rival, before whom revolutionize not think alignment on your computer.

He also said that Valencia is an opponent that is very difficult to generate scoring chances when playing away from home, where it almost always takes several that mark. "If we win, we will take a giant step, but we left the permanency goal," said Martinez, who said the environment is going to live. "It will be a great match," he said. Finally, had words of praise for Unai Emery. "After four years in Valencia with the objectives achieved, performance and career do not understand how you have been a technical question," he said.