Luís Castro has appeared before the media in the press conference prior to the match that Levante UD will play against RCD Espanyol on Sunday.

The coach has made it clear what the team's goal is for this season. Right now, “to beat Espanyol.” “You have to stay very focused on the next match because you don’t know what will happen afterward. Many good things or many difficulties can happen,” he explains.

Castro has expressed satisfaction with the group’s work during the summer period, despite the changes in the squad, although he also emphasized some aspects that still need to be refined. “The preseason has given good feelings, but we also know that we are not yet at one hundred percent of what we want because there are players who arrived a bit later, some who were important last year have left, and we know we have room for improvement. The most important thing is that the group is working very well, assimilating very well the things we want. At this stage, we are only correcting details, which are things you also correct during the season. The main principles we wanted are already assimilated,” he comments.

The coach also highlighted the commitment of the team and the integration of the new signings: “A large part of the group has stayed. We have a squad that knows the club well and others who know LALIGA well. Everyone is very aware of the importance of what lies ahead.”

Regarding Sunday’s opponent, RCD Espanyol, Luís Castro highlighted the continuity of their squad and coaching staff. “They haven’t changed much. They have an advantage in that they haven’t sold any key players, they are keeping practically all their players. The coach remains as well. Teams, usually, in the first matches don’t know each other very well. The coach is new, or the players have changed, but they have that advantage,” he points out. For this reason, the Levante coach considers that “it is a team very similar to last year’s in many aspects. It was already a good team last year that fought for big things at the beginning and then struggled, but they didn’t lose matches 5-0 either. They fought for every result, which tells you that it is a very competitive team.”