The one you have set up in Torrent …
Yeah! (Laughs) The truth is that yes. Playing the promotion play-off was very complicated, something we did not have in mind, which was unimagable at the beginning of the season, but little by little we have been fulfilling goals. First the salvation that was the main thing, then the Copa del Rey that was also pretty for bringing it to Torrent 35 years later and in the end we have put the icing that is something historical for the club and the city. We are very happy fruit of a very regular second round, immaculate practically with 34 points.
What do they tell you down the street?
People are very happy, they have hooked the team again. The team has hooked Torrent's fans and there is a lot of enthusiasm to see these play-off matches. A team-official binomial has been created that is very important for us.
And more if you are a neighbor of Torrent like you.
Yes, I am in addition to Torrent and for me it was very important to meet the goals at home and more if you give them illusion as it has been achieved. The panorama was not easy because I entered on December 23, we were tied with the descent play-off with 21 points, so imagine. The truth is that a very good start with five victories and a draw against the leader was made. From there we saw the most attainable objectives and we have made a final stretch of the season very complete with four victories in five games and that has allowed us to achieve that goal that was not the real one, but that with the passage of the days we have won.
There is talk of Corberán's miracle, but what you have done …
For me it was an important opportunity because it was the first time I was first in the second federation, I appreciate the confidence of the club because they bet on me, which in the end was a boy who was second, young, 38 years and you have to value the courage of the club to bet on a young coach. I am very happy, I have a feeling of belonging, I have been able to achieve objectives beyond those that arose and very happy. We have contributed work, a lot of order, change habits and follow a line that is going well for us.
And now it widns the season as you told me.
Yes, it is to put the final touch to a very regular second round with ten wins, four draws and three losses alone. I am very grateful to the club, the template and the coaching staff because since we enter December we have been a very committed and responsible group, we are going to 'full' with the idea that is transmitted, all in the same direction, it has trained fantastically and I am very happy in that sense. Be ambitious and mark short -term objectives has caused the team to advance and achieve objectives that was not in our mind.
What does this promotion play-off mean for the club and the city?
It is very good for the club and for the city. I have been here for three seasons here, I was former Torrent player years ago, I know the story of the torrent that is a club where things are achieved with a lot of effort and sacrifice and in that line we have gone. We have achieved things that we did not even imagine and we have the ambition to see how far this play-off takes us.
The coaching staff and players of Torrent Cf. / JM López
That wanted to ask you, are there real ascent options?
It is complicated, because we face a second that until recently had the possibility of ascending direct, but we are a team that from humility and respect for the rival we are ambitious. We play at home the first game, the field will be full and, although we are realistic and we know it is complicated, we have options to win like any team and we will compete as well as possible.
Let's talk about the tie, what torrent are we going to see?
Well, a torrent in the line of what we have seen the whole season. We are a block, we are not a team made of individualities, we are a united team that in all the phases of the game we work together, we are with good synergies, we are an aggressive team, which will look for the opponent, which always goes out to win, never to speculate, we are very committed in defense and we have personality with a ball, with long pass sequences, all that is what is going to define us in the play-off.
Where can you solve the tie?
I think it is important to know how to compete and know that they will be games of great emotional demand. Above all we have to take care of the details because any minimum detail can leave you out. We know that the tie at the end of the two games leaves us out to us, so we have to read and handle all the phases of the party, all the mini-parties that are within a game, and above all compete well and go to the fullest to face the return with a slight advantage.
What do you know about the athletic union?
It is a team that is made to ascend, which two days ago depended on itself to ascend directly. It has very good individualities above, very vertical and skilled extremes and is the least thrashed team of the second federation. He has only fitted 19 goals. It shows that it is an orderly and worked team with players who have competed in lower categories. He is a hard rival, but we are going to play our tricks to try to pass the tie.
Torrent's team next to the club's shield. / JM López
Does it condition to play the first game at home?
Their field is also of artificial grass, it is not a huge stadium, it is not as if you were to play in the little birds, so I think that in that sense it will be even. I don't think there are advantages for any team.
What San Gregorio you expect and what message do you send to the fans?
I await the San Gregorio of the great appointments. I have lived here an ascent to Second Federation, I know that San Gregorio always responds and that Torrent's fans will be with the team and will give us that plus and that force in delicate moments. I hope you live the game intensely and support the team because we notice them very close in complicated times. I await a full field and a hobby wanting to take a joy. Let's see if with that combination of all together we can achieve a good result.
