Pontevedra CF – Talavera: A life-or-death final between two teams that can only win

It’s not worth losing. It’s not worth it to anyone. nor yes Pontevedra CF or Talavera, who in this meeting have the opportunity to continue to believe in consistency, which is more complicated for the home team. Juan Señor’s teams reach the penultimate game and are four points behind the bottom team. So this match will be life or death. If Talavera lose, they will bury the few options they have to save themselves, but if Pontevedra lose, the end of the league would be enormously complicated. This Sunday at 12 o’clock it starts in El Prado a crucial match for survival. “I’ve been telling them since Monday that it’s the most difficult game of all, but those aren’t words, they’re playing an opponent that’s lower in the table, which is not usual after so many days. But you can’t see where the opponent is, you have to respect their strengths,” Juan Señor explained before traveling to the city of Toledo.

He will also do so with virtually the entire squad in good shape. “I think we are doing quite well, we followed a similar dynamic as last week. We are in the midst of the season, so efforts must be measured to the maximum,” emphasizes the coach who announced Luis Martínez should not travelwho is still suffering from a sprained knee.

During the whole week, he had to practice both physical and mental work. It’s time to believe again that a three-point comeback is possible. «CF Pontevedra You can beat any opponent, it’s another thing to manage at times of the season when some are more needed than others. There hasn’t been a draw since I’ve been here. We either win or we win and it will not be any different in Talavera,” he warns John sir. Talavera’s coach, Pedro Díaz, has the same mentality that the Bordeaux coach defends. “Mathematically, we didn’t drop out, nothing is surprising in the world of football. Call me an illusion or a fool, but I keep fighting, I want to win these four games, I’ve seen all kinds of things in this competition,” he emphasizes. And that’s considering that he comes to today’s game with significant losses in the team. He won’t be able to count on Lucas Alcaraz, who after this week’s tests, he ruptured the fibular ligament and the peroneus and tibial tendons of his left ankle.

“He Talavera are competing very well and even though they suffered a failure from some players, it doesn’t matter”, warns Juan Señor who points out the small difference with which the team will receive them Pedro Díaz: “We are two teams that have to win.” and we will put everything on the fact that we have to respect the opponent and beat him from the moment you start. We have to be very close together and be a team above all else.” That’s the same thing he always asks of his players, but he fails to get those actions he asks for in the previous when they play at home. They haven’t won abroad since December 18. “The match that leads, is needed and breaks statistics. There is no other reading of this party,” he says.

Fight the frustration

This morning they will have to fight against Talavera’s eleven and the frustration of being in the relegation zone since the eighth day. Juan Señor points out the “magnificent” attitude of all his players, while recognizing that seeing results not match up as you work adds to the frustration. This is how Pontevedra CF is now. «I believe that my team, our team, is capable of beating any opponent, in whatever field you are in, and compete fiercely with a guarantee of victory. We have to put absolute intensity in our minds and think that the group wins, not one, not two, we are a team,” emphasizes the coach who fights against individualism.

Pontevedra will have a team of Granato fans at the city’s Prado stadium, traveling by bus to a game where both teams will have to overcome the pressure of the fight to save themselves.