Cádiz CF's coach, Gaizka Garitano, spoke to the media in the stadium's press room after the victory over FC Cartagena in the 26th round of LALIGA Hypermotion.
Assessment of the match. “We made two mistakes. We scored three goals and then there was a moment when we weren't at the 100% we need to be in this category. In the end we recovered our tone and scored two goals. We have to learn that mistakes, isolated, can be paid for in another match. We are still in a good dynamic, recovering and involving more and more players, they are all very engaged”.
Result. “We had some good moments and some not so good ones. We have been effective, when we have been vertical we have done damage. Cartagena didn't give us any scoring chances, there were two penalties and the team, in general, defended very well. With the ball we were very good at times and at other times we were a bit thicker. We learned that in this category there is no easy match. You don't win every day 5-2, you have to enjoy it too”.
De la Rosa. “He's a young guy who has been improving and has been working for a month and a half to improve. In training he has been improving every day and with an incredible attitude. He is a player of the present and of the future for Cádiz, I am delighted that he is staying and playing. He is a ten kid, I am very happy for him, I have been happy for him as if he were my son”.
Fali. “He played because of the game plan. Bojan, the other day, played a great game, but it was a different context. We needed speed and we knew that we were not going to have a chance to get the ball out. Today it was a game plan, we put Fali in for the ball out. I don't look too much at previous performances, but the game plan every day is different because the contexts are different”.
Verticality. “When we put the ball inside we were cut three or four times and it was better to play on the outside. It's not easy, they also play and have good players. Not long ago, we were where they are. All matches in this category are complicated and there are phases of the match where you are better and others where you have to pull together and row”.
Team dynamics. “The team is growing and we can't stop growing, we have to be ambitious. I'm going to push the team from tomorrow. We have to be very demanding with the team, we have to keep winning, thinking about going to Santander and winning. It's true that we have a bit of an advantage and we are no longer in the relegation zone, but as soon as you relax a little, you'll be eaten. If the demand was already high, as of tomorrow it will be even higher”.
Óscar Melendo. “He is a player I like very much but he has been injured for months. He has been training with the group for two or three weeks with me, and he has had to spend two or three weeks training hard to get up to the team's level. We have no doubts about his quality. He is committed and I am very happy with him. Little by little you will see more of him on the field, because he is a very important player for the team and he needs to get physically up to the team's level”.
Team plugged in. “The players had to raise their level and they are doing it. We work hard with humility. It's a category in which whoever doesn't work hard and doesn't push hard has a lot of difficulties. We have to keep improving”.