Sergio Montero (Ripollet, 1997) played a key role in Talavera’s passage to the round of 32 of the Copa del Rey. His two goals against Hypermotion League side Malaga helped his club open the doors to a historic event … in the city of ceramics where they will host Real Madrid this Wednesday. Paradigm of modest football – his entire career between the third and fourth categories of national football – it is clear: “It will be the match against the most important rival that I will have in my career”.
– Even if they did not find their way in the league, it seems that they found refuge in the Copa del Rey.
– We are in a very bad phase in the championship, in our first RFEF competition. There are a lot of consecutive defeats, which is also not normal because we deserved more. And, between the two, Malaga appears, which is a professional team, we escape to try to forget the moment where we were and we won. Amazing.
– And with two of his goals.
– It’s simple; Everything turned out perfect for me. It’s one of those games that we imagine will go badly because of our situation, but we play without pressure having nothing at stake, we free ourselves and we gain confidence. The fact is that in the championship we were stiff, nothing worked for us and, in the end, we played a perfect match. I hope we can repeat this in our competition, fighting to come out of the bottom.
“It’s simple; Everything turned out perfect for me. “It’s one of those matches that you imagine is going to go badly, but you play without pressure with nothing at stake, you free yourself and you gain confidence.”
– It’s not that goals define you; Apart from one year in the 2nd RFEF with Lleida, he had never reached ten.
– It’s true, but it’s also true that sometimes I score goals because I position myself well, but I’m not an attacker. Scoring these two goals against Malaga will surely be the most important of my career, even if it’s the same against Real Madrid…
– Sometimes it hurts modest people to play two competitions.
– We are not good in the league, very low and looking for sensations to take off, but it is also true that, personally, I had never played the Copa del Rey because in my career I have never been in clubs with options to enter. That’s why at the start, when we faced Rayo Majadahonda, I didn’t expect anything. Then Malaga comes and you win. And now we have the big one, a Real Madrid that we didn’t count on.
-And you, as a Catalan, would you have preferred Barcelona for the draw?
– No, in my family they are all from Real Madrid. Even though I was born in Catalonia, my family is from Extremadura and very white, although I guess this time they will want us to leave.
“Even though I was born in Catalonia, my family is from Extremadura and very white”
– This family from Extremadura will ask for tickets to the match.
– Lots of people; my family, my friends… I’m not lying if I say that I received hundreds of messages on Instagram asking for tickets, some of which I didn’t open because it’s never happened to me before. You think about it too and it makes sense because they are happy with what happened to me.
– And a lot of people with whom you had lost contact, right?
– Of course, there are people I haven’t seen for a long time, who have never come to see me in Alicante or El Ejido, for example, but that’s normal, I understand that seeing me play against Real Madrid is also important for them. Note that only my father came from Barcelona when we played against Malaga a few days ago. And how he came back after seeing me score!
– This match was strange; New coach upon arrival, broken team…
– We barely prepared it. Sandroni arrived the day before, gave us a few shots the afternoon before and we did everything. The coach has already said that what he worked on with the previous coach, Diego Nogales, had a lot to do with the rankings. It was a change of scenery, everyone was pushing for the situation and being with a new coach… and everything worked out well for us.
“We barely prepared for it. “Sandroni arrived the day before, he gave us a few shots the afternoon before and we did everything.”
– At least this match will allow them to escape the team’s situation in the championship.
– This match is a reward which should not make us forget our real objective of saving the category. In the end, it will have an impact but it will not feed us. We must be clear that Real Madrid cannot make us deviate from our path, even if we will only play a match like this once in our lives.
– Isn’t giving a surprise part of your plans?
– We can dream about it, but we have to be realistic; We have very, very good chances, even if sometimes a match seems possible, like when Alcoyano or Alcorcón did it. We should play perfectly, without mistakes, and they should do it very badly.
– Were the jerseys drawn in the locker rooms?
– Real Madrid brings us the desired player before the match. I asked for Mbappé’s, but if I can get more in the game, I will.
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