Espanyol supervisor Manolo Gonzalez has been stuffed with reward for Barcelona star Raphinha forward of Saturday’s Catalan derby.
Raphinha has been bizarrely snubbed for a number of high-profile particular person awards just lately, however the Espanyol boss has no doubts in any respect concerning the Brazilian’s high quality.
“He’s not talked about sufficient, however for me he’s essential. Different gamers get a variety of consideration and he’s ignored, however he’s a significant participant for what Barça does,” he advised reporters.
Gonzalez additionally seemed forward to the match and what guarantees to be a feisty affair because of the return to Espanyol of Joan Garcia. But the Espanyol boss says he doesn’t need any lectures about conduct from Barcelona.
“And no classes, no classes on conduct. Please. I’ve many Barcelona followers who inform me this, and I inform them that when Luis Figo got here to the Camp Nou… They’re in no place to lecture anybody. The followers will behave themselves, and will probably be simply one other soccer match,” he added.
“We go on the market satisfied we are able to beat anybody. We’ve nice religion in what we do and we’re able to beating anybody. We are able to defeat any opponent. From the beginning of the season, we needed to vary our mentality and exit to win each match. We’re very satisfied of this. The gamers need to win and win. In coaching, they practice at such a tempo that generally we have now to cease them.”
Espanyol are having fun with an ideal season and head into the match on the again of 5 straight wins in La Liga.


























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