With only three goals in favor and no victory in its record, Mallorca is waiting like May rain for its two starting attackers to start performing in accordance with the expectations generated. On the one hand, Vedat Muriqi scored again for his team at the break, which undoubtedly represents good news. Much of the attention is now focused on Cyle Larin.
“He’s really bad physically, he still lacks rhythm and he has to adapt,” said the Mallorca coach after the second round defeat against Villarreal. But on the eve of this Saturday’s clash against Celta at Balaídos (6:30 p.m.), the Mexican praised of a Larin who However, he still does not consider himself at his best.
“I see it at 80%, today I saw it very close to what we want. He is humble, hardworking and shy, he speaks in a low voice. But he dares, the other day he took his daughters to the locker room, his wife is already there. He lives where I live, I have him very under control. it will bring us a lot“, emphasized the coach about one of the great hopes of Vermilion supporters.
“They live on goals, I was very sad about the first penalty. In the second I didn’t know where to put my head. “He feels we lost 3-4 points because of him and I told him that last year he gave us a lot.”, underlined the Kosovo striker, whom he does not consider “affected” by the incidents that forced his team to stop for many minutes against Romania. “It’s a delicate issue, he treats it with great dignity, as he should, he is very proud to be Kosovar,” he said on this subject.
Aguerra says Mallorca’s key is ‘aggressiveness’
When it comes to what his team needs to earn its first league victory, the prepared Aztec is clear. “We can’t let the points slip away like we did. Beyond the penalties, we were a very vulnerable team against Villarreal. We equalized against Athletic and at least we saw a competitive team. We have flaws, it’s true, but we are a team that must characterize our aggressiveness in the right way, with a lot of pressure and being organized,” he said.
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