Villarreal will approach the match with respect, claims goalkeeper http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Diego-c11058 Lopez
The Yellow Submarine will visit Etihad Stadium in their tough Group A game against Manchester City, on Wednesday, October 19. Villarreal keeper Diego Lopez has stated that his team is aware of the challenge the Citizens pose and will approach the match
with respect.
Villarreal have to play out of their skins if they wish to get anything against Manchester City. They have lost their opening two fixtures of the competition and need a positive result to maintain their hopes of progressing from the group.
Diego Lopez is aware of his opposing numbers and anticipates a busy night in blue half of Manchester.
Juan http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Carlos-c8346 Garrido’s side could not have hoped for a worse group, placed with title contenders of Europe’s three different leagues.
Coming against the Eastlands based outfit could not have come at a better time, as the Citizens currently sit at the top of English Premier League standings.
Villarreal have endured a disappointing start to their domestic campaign, where they sit 14th in La Liga table. They have carried their woeful form to the European competition, where they lost their opening games against http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Napoli-c40003 and Bayern.
"We are playing against the Premier League leaders, so it is normal they will create chances, but so will we," Lopez said at a press conference on Monday.
"This will be a game of the utmost difficulty and we will approach it with respect, but with the desire to show we can also be at the level of the biggest clubs in Europe."
Nevertheless, this has not stopped manager Juan http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Carlos-Garrido-c8443 from keeping his hopes up.
The coach is aware that his team has been written off from the competition, and warned his opposition in advance not to commit this mistake.
"Nobody gives us a chance, but we want to show what we can do and that Villarreal really do have top players,” Garrido remarked about the matchup.
With a clutch of first team players unavailable for the away tie, the Spanish team have a difficult task on his hands. To make up the numbers, as many as three players have been called up from the Reserve side.
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