Yesterday, Leganes coach Borja Jiménez appeared in the press conference, before the match that will be played tomorrow, Sunday, at two o’clock in the afternoon against Pepinero and Mirandes at the Butarque Municipal Stadium.
The coach confirmed the absence of the suspended Niu and the injured Miramon, who will not attend this match, and explained that the team’s goal is to win in order to end what will be in the interest of Leganes, after one week. Their win on Monday was against bottom team Amorebieta. “We want to win, knowing that a dangerous opponent is coming, with young players who attack space well.”
Jimenez is clear that Mirandes' victory over El Densi will be an incentive for Rojillo to fight in Butarque. “They are in good shape, they have come off a series where they did not achieve results,” and he believes that tomorrow’s match in his fiefdom “will be a match similar to the first leg, which was difficult for us.” But our goal is “to win every game.”
If he speaks of the good spirit that Lissie's team will have, they will not be lacking either after winning away from home again. “We went to Amorebieta and won by one goal, so we are very happy.”
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Leganes has been at the top of the table since the opening days, was the first team to reach 50 points and on the cusp of the 31st day Borja Jiménez no longer deserves anything but victory, and that is what he will try. They won against Mirandes, taking advantage of the support of the stands for their team and the weakness of the red team as a visitor. During his appearance before the press, he insisted, “Our goal is to win, and we will approach every match with this mentality.” For the man from Avila, “We need it every week regardless of who the opponent is.”
According to Jimenez, at this time of the season when all teams are striving to meet their expectations, it is difficult to see major differences between the competitors. “There is a lot of intensity, we all need to win and everything is very equal regardless of our position in the table. “Every game will be very difficult.”
Regarding Mirandes, he commented that “they are a team with a lot of transitions and quick attacks” and that is why he said that “the way they defend has to be different from other days.” “We will try to defend them well knowing that they are players with a lot of individual talent.”
Leganes has six games remaining in Butarque and its coach knows that “a lot of what we can aspire to will happen through what we do with our people.” The first test for the Pepineros players will be against Mirandes who, logically, will try to put Borja Jiménez's team in difficulties, and who sent a message to his fans, wanting to ask them “once again to encourage and support us”.
