Valencia (EFE) that a demanding message must be sent to the footballers.
“You have to convey a demanding message to the players, we are at Valencia and there are a series of values on a day-to-day basis that are non-negotiable. We want to be an energetic, compact team and they must help make that happen”, he pointed out at the presentation press conference.
“You have to convey demand. The players must be prepared for difficult situations like the ones now, neither youth nor the fact that it was not known that this situation was going to be experienced is an excuse for me, ”he added. The coach remarked that the contract of each one is not in question but “the viability of a club.”
Baraja said that Valencia has a very high demand for its history and said that the players must bring out their best version and that the first thing is to accept reality.
trust message
“We have to assume the situation the team is in, it is a reality that must be accepted. But on the other hand there is a message of confidence, I am confident that we can work with what we have, the team will show that it is not in the position it should be in. You have to work, insist, make them believe in an idea, ”he said.
“It is essential that the players believe in the change,” said Baraja, who gave much less importance to drawing and much more to changing the dynamics.
“The drawing is not a fundamental assessment. I have had a characteristic 4-4-2 stamp and I believe in it but I am open to other situations. You have to try to make Valencia competitive. The system doesn’t matter. That is what obsesses me, ”he noted.
“The team has entered a negative dynamic and it is a spiral. The other day, against Athletic, the team did a lot of things well but now anything turns against you. You have to do a lot of things right to change the dynamics,” he added.
Baraja said that after “an analysis of the situation” he thinks that “the team has the entity to get out of where it is.” “I believe in the team and in the growth possibilities it has, but we have to give them the tools,” said the coach, who recalled that there is a young group and that he has always bet on them.
“Yesterday I spoke with the three captains and they sent me a positive message, that the team wants to and that we are going to get him out. But they should feel what it’s like to play for Valencia, which is a very big club. I think they are in the dynamic of wanting to push. I think they need to settle down and notice that I provide leadership and that I explain to them what I believe in and work and insist on a day-to-day basis. We need to work a lot,” he stated.
find a balance
“What we want is to find a balance. You have to know how to interpret the game, we can’t know how to do just one thing, you have to know how to defend, press, get out quickly, know how to handle the game when we go up. We need to be a complete team but this is not magic. You have to work hard in every way, ”he pointed out.
“I hope to find the best version and the quality that make them be at Valencia, that they dare to do things and be able to compete as a team and interpret the moments of the game, which is the most complicated. They must be mature in the different phases of the matches, ”he claimed.