The Alba coach has admitted to having "80 percent of the previous year's squad," which allows him to pay greater attention to the youth players and their development.
The coach of Albacete, Luis César Sampedro, has acknowledged on Friday that this pre-season he will be able to "pay more attention to the young players" who train with the first team, admitting that this year he has "80 percent of the squad" from the previous season, which allows for a better evaluation of the young players.
Sampedro has confessed in a press conference that young players like Juanra or Carrasco "will have a lot of minutes" in the first friendly match that will be played on Saturday, starting at 8:00 PM, in the town of Andújar in Jaén against Linense, who has recently been promoted to Segunda B. He considers it as "a selective training session" where he can assess "how my players are doing physically".
The Galician coach has mentioned that "some players will play 30 minutes and others 60" and insisted that, in this type of matches, he wants to see "how the young players respond against Segunda B teams and how they play later at Carlos Belmonte", he explained.
Sampedro has explained that, by keeping the base of last year's squad, "I have to focus on the automatism", but he is very clear that he doesn't want his players to "get comfortable".
"Players from last year need to evolve and be better. The one who performed at a level six should do it at seven because anyone who thinks they will stay the same is mistaken, as they will only worsen," he commented.
The Albacete coach has expressed his confidence that this evolution will make the team "better, score more goals, and concede fewer goals than the previous season," and emphasized that he is "very happy" with the signings of Juan Carlos, Adriá Carmona and Jona.
Finally, Sampedro has admitted that the club is looking for a player who can adapt to all defensive positions because "I like versatile players, and the player who comes will know how to play both as a full-back and as a center-back," he concluded.
