Veljko Paunovic is very confident in the work that the team has been doing, and in addition to highlighting the attitude of the players throughout the preseason, Paunovic assured that debuting against a strong team like Rayados is motivating.
The Rebaño Sagrado’s coach talked about the reinforcements and their possible availability for Saturday's game, so, if you want to know what he said at the press conference this Thursday, stay tuned to find out about what was said.
Veljko Paunovic's phrases at the press conference:
"I don't like to compare, since the day we arrived we have worked hard and the squad has been improving a lot."
"The squad has always shown a lot of desire to work and learn, we want to apply all our preseason work at the start of the tournament."
"I have yet to discover this league, for us there is nothing else but the next match".
"Hopefully our experience at the end of this tournament will be one of good results and a great performance."
"Facing this great team is a challenge, they have a coach with great achievements in his career."
"Opening the championship with a rival of this quality is motivating, we are really looking forward to this moment and we are going all out for those 3 points".
"We don't want to open debate regarding the lineups, we have had 9 preseason games that helped us to realize who is in better shape".
"We had time to evaluate every aspect of the team, we still have 2 more days to work on the match against Rayados".
"I am confident that scoring will cease to be a problem, the team is creating a lot of danger by taking the ball into the opposing area and generating scoring options."
"Right now the team has an important balance, we want to fine tune our attack, that is why we have worked on finishing plays."
"What we need to do now is to focus on the championship, to go day by day and achieve the objectives in the best possible way."
"Alexis can contribute in several roles in attack, he is someone who is very committed when the team does not have possession of the ball. He is decisive in the final third, starting from the wing he is dangerous with his shooting and has a good final pass."
"A player with such quality (Vega) can play in any attacking zone."
"We want to use the players in the positions they know, where their talent was discovered."
"The transfers of Ronaldo and Daniel Rios are close to arriving, we are in contact with MLS and hopefully they will arrive in the next 24 hours."
"Victor Guzman is acquiring the physical level he needs to compete at the highest level."
"What I want is for the team to show order and organization, I would love to see a team that works together and that in attack shows a lot of creativity and talent."
"We will try to generate many offensive opportunities, we will always seek excellence in our capabilities and show that we are a team that does not allow itself to be broken and that is ready to face all types of adversities."