He Leyma A Coruña returns this Sunday (12:00 p.m., LaLigaPlus) to action at home against Palencia after almost three weeks without competing. “It was hard for us to train 20 days in a row without playing a single game,” he acknowledged. Carles Marco in the press room of the Coliseum. The Catalan coach celebrates having had time to adjust his pieces, but he is concerned about the “lack of competition rhythm” and how his players may react at the start of the intense schedule of matches that awaits him in December.
“We rested and were able to train a lot,” Marco insisted about the orange team's time off. On the day of rest First FEB was added FIBA window. “We haven't had a day of rest like everyone else. It's the calendar, we can't do anything. We must be positive, it has helped us breathe and prepare until the next break, in January,” he explained. More than preparing for the duel against the second-place team, he acknowledged that he focused on improving his own aspects that he detected in the first days.
Even with many days of rest, Marco will not be able to count on all his players to receive Palencia. “Jacobo Diaz He has not trained since Tuesday and it is a doubt,” he warned. Although he still has two days to spare before taking to the track, it is unlikely that the Madrid native, with back discomfort, will be in full condition. Caio Pacheco arrived this Wednesday from Brazil “a little tired from the trip” and the change of season, but his participation is not at risk.
Leyma's rival
He motto look at one Palencia to which Carles Marco He wants to submit to his high pace. “I expect an intense match. They are a team that, in addition to defending, scores points. They have a lot of talent, especially in their outside players. The inside players give them the physical ability to defend very well,” analyzed the coach of the A Coruña team.
The Palentinos are the team that concedes the fewest points in the league. To prevent them from building their defense properly, the orange coach gives vital importance to defensive rebounding. “We have to close very well to be able to run. We didn't do it in the last games,” he acknowledges.
Although he points to the need to “match the intensity” of the rival, he wants to maintain his philosophy of a fast and fresh game. Above all, it is important not to become complacent. “You see that you are winning and there are things that you stop doing because you think that everything will come,” he lamented about the last matches, in which the oranges made life complicated in the last minutes against Melilla in the league and against Tizona in the Spanish Cup.
