Lugo’s triumph can’t wait any longer: “If we have a chance, it’s this weekend”

Victory or surrender. That’s the headline that left Óscar Whalley in the Ángel Carro press room. Consider that if Club Deportivo Lugo fail to beat Ponferradina this Sunday, the miracle of consistency will disappear. “For us, it’s a match, the only one that exists, because if we have a chance that this doesn’t pass, that we enter the fight and continue to believe, it’s this weekend, in which we will give everything to win,” said the Rojiblanco goalkeeper.

Ahead of them will be the team from Berciano, also with a rope around their neck, but much looser than the one that is strangling Albivermellos, who add nine points less. Whalley describes Ponferradina as “a very good team”. “He has a lot of offensive potential and plays football well,” he said.

Lugo has not yet managed to win in 2023, nor with Íñigo Vélez, his fourth coach of the season, of whom goalkeeper Maño highlights his efforts to keep his spirits up. “The professional staff helps us a lot, they bring us a lot of joy in the dressing room. In terms of tactical conception, it is a completely new system. We did a lot of things well, but the results didn’t come and that’s what we need, although it’s easier to come if you do things well”, said Whalley, who, although he is one of the best people in the team, guarantees that you will not be satisfied with his performance . “The common goal is the most important. When the club is doing well and meeting its goals, it is better for each individual