La Real seeks its identity in its presentation in the new Anoeta

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In San Sebastián there is more desire for football than ever. The works of Anoeta - now Reale Seguros Stadium -, which forced the Royal Society to play their first three games away from home, and the stoppage week of selections has meant that the Blue and Whites have served a four month and one day sentence –From May 12–, unable to see his team up close. And they want to, because the preseason signings, which they have been able to observe through television, look very good. All the names sound good, but now it's about capturing that quality, which is supposed, in the field, that without being new, it is.

The San Sebastian team seeks to have its own identity. It is the path that began last season, but that did not translate into a definite style of play. With Asier Garitano they assured from the club, when he was dismissed, that, “the game goes far beyond the models, for some time now, we intend to improve. The decision to choose Imanol is related to the improvement of the game and the vision of the game ”. With Imanol some things were solved, especially at the beginning, but the team ended up blurring in the final stretch of the championship. As if he didn't just believe in himself. The stadium stands, which will be filled on Saturday to receive the Atlético de Madrid (18:30 hours, Movistar LaLiga), began to depo[CENSORED]te in the last days.

La Real has started regulating the first three dates in voluntary exile: a draw on the horn in Valencia after the home team wasted a penalty in the 92nd minute and the San Sebastian scored another in 97; a victory worked and deserved in Mallorca, where the interesting combination between the Norwegian Odegaard, the Swedish Isak and the Murcia Portu shone in the action of the San Sebastian goal, and a disappointing defeat in the San Mamés derby against Athletic, perhaps by the way overconfidence in a match that the Real faced without due intensity.

Imanol Alguacil has had time, since then, to prepare the match against Atlético. From the club they repeat, with Roberto Olabe, the technical director, at the head, that the team's style of play is non-negotiable, but they fear that as it happened against Athletic, the pressure of Atlético dismantles their plans. Then it happened that it did not give the feeling that there was any alternative planned to the game proposed by Bilbao. The doubt persists, although in theory the Real has a team with players who know how to handle the ball. However, in San Mamés they lost their best asset in the recovery and control of the center of the field, Asier Illarramendi, which broke down in San Mamés and which is not expected until next year.

Imanol will be able to count on Nacho Monreal on Saturday, who after eight seasons in England returns home. He had already played in the first three days of the Premier, under the command of Unai Emery in Arsenal, when the Real's offer was sustained. “I feel well physically, I feel like getting things. I come to help but the goal is to continue playing games, remain ambitious and keep winning, ”he said on the day of his presentation.
“Fight for the most”

Possibly, it will be released against Atlético, playing on the side, where so far Aihen moved. “I want to contribute now. I want to add now, ”says Monreal, who already knows what is expected of him. “I knew the quality there is, it is a good team, with a lot of quality. What I like most is that he wants the ball, he doesn't take it off. I identify with that. We have a very good team to fight as much as possible. ”

He will also play, in the center of the defense, Diego Llorente, who returns with desire after being expelled against Romania playing with Spain. The Madrid soccer player says that the team learned the San Mamés lesson: “We have worked well and improved on the things we have to do. The margin for improvement is important and at this start of the week people are plugged in and excited about the premiere of Anoeta, and with the illusion of reversing the situation left by the last game before the break. I think that many things can happen on Saturday, but out of ambition and desire they won't beat us. ”