{"id":1377,"date":"2021-09-29T16:23:48","date_gmt":"2021-09-29T14:23:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gustavopoyet.com\/area-mais-interview-on-my-time-at-real-zaragoza\/"},"modified":"2021-09-29T16:23:48","modified_gmt":"2021-09-29T14:23:48","slug":"area-mais-interview-on-my-time-at-real-zaragoza","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gustavopoyet.com\/en\/area-mais-interview-on-my-time-at-real-zaragoza\/","title":{"rendered":"Area Mai’s interview on my time at Real Zaragoza"},"content":{"rendered":"

A couple of days ago I had an interview with the Area Mai podcast, in which we took an in-depth look at my time as a footballer at Real Zaragoza<\/strong>. Below, I leave you a few questions and answers from the interview, and you can<\/span> listen to the whole thing on this link<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

It was 7 years in which I grew no end as a footballer, and as a person. My children grew up there, and I left there as a midfielder. They were important years in my life.<\/span><\/p>\n

At the beginning of your career, you were a striker, weren’t you?<\/h2>\n

My move to Real Zaragoza was a bit of a gamble. Ildo Maneiro<\/strong>, the Uruguayan manager at the club back then didn’t have any tall strikers who were good in the air, so he suggested I came to Zaragoza. Things hadn’t gone well for me in France, so the chance to go to La Liga in Spain was perfect for me.<\/span><\/p>\n

In the first preseason match in Andorra, the manager saw that I didn’t fit into a 4-4-2 formation as a striker, so I started to play as a speedster on the right, in the traditional number 8 role<\/strong>. I played a game against C\u00e1diz in which I scored two goals playing as a striker.<\/span><\/p>\n

Then V\u00edctor Fern\u00e1ndez arrived and in the second year he played in my position. The arrival of Dar\u00edo Franco<\/strong> allowed me to play more freely, and I took advantage of this by becoming more of an attacking midfielder.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

You scored a lot of goals with your head…<\/h2>\n

My circumstances were very clear to me. As I was not physically fast, I had to be mentally fast, so I had to make decisions quickly and had to be well prepared. That’s why I scored a lot of goals with my first touch<\/strong>, and the headers came from what I learnt as a striker: mobility, anticipation, knowing the player who was going to cross the ball, etc.<\/span><\/p>\n

\"Gustavo<\/p>\n

Which match would you go back to if you could?<\/h2>\n

I would go back to the 6-3 against Barcelona<\/strong>.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

When I arrived at Zaragoza, I think we lost the first match against Bar\u00e7a 0-2, the next one we lost 1-4 and then I think it was 1-6. We were going to play against them with the mindset that they would put 8 past us in the next game, and that we had tried everything possible to stop them… but for whatever reason, Ronaldo, Romario, Begiristain<\/strong> showed up…<\/span><\/p>\n

In this 6-3 win, which was very well thought out, the plan finally worked. Esn\u00e1ider was up against Koeman, who was not playing deep, making the most of other players’ mobility, etc.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Still, I would love to go back to the final 20 seconds in Paris<\/strong> (the 1995 UEFA Cup Winners’ Cup Final), more so than any other match. It was such a unique event, there’s no better way to finish a European tournament.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

They should put a plaque behind the goal in the Parc des Princes to commemorate Nayim’s goal.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Has the chance to manage Real Zaragoza ever come up?<\/h2>\n

There have not been any real openings, but yes, I have spoken to the person who was in charge of the club in the past. At that point in time, I already had a job<\/strong>, so it wasn’t possible. It was several years ago, but it wasn’t the right time. It’s not that I didn’t want to go.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The day I wanted to go the most was when V\u00edctor Fern\u00e1ndez left the first time<\/strong>, when the Argentinians were there. It was 2007 or 2008 and I had just started as a coach. I would have sorted out that dressing room, \u201cgive it to me I’ll sort it\u201d, but to do that I would need the power to decide who stays and who goes.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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