‘Villarreal should be up for La Liga’

Marcelino doesn’t expect his Villarreal players to struggle for motivation against Eibar. “If we’re not up for this match we’re losing sight of reality.”

It was put to the Coach that the players might find it hard to gee themselves up to play the Basques after being in Europa League action on Thursday.

“If it’s difficult to motivate the players for this match then we’re losing sight of reality,” he warned in reply, AS reports.

“We’re a team that should always be motivated for La Liga. This is our daily bread. It would be foolish otherwise.

“Eibar are a very strong team in their game, which they are better at when at home. They’re very well-organised, very intense and hard to beat.

“For me the priority is the League but sometimes there are situations that make you change. There’s no margin for error in the League and we have to win this match, as we can’t have two consecutive defeats [after losing to Rayo Vallecano].”

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