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Quique Sánchez Flores dismisses stats ahead of Atlético visit
The Alavés coach has banned his assistant from passing him that kind of data
Quique Sánchez Flores's press conference on Mendizorroza is played on the show
Asked about Atlético's four straight visits to Mendizorroza without a win, Quique Sánchez Flores declares himself an enemy of statistics without context. What he does champion is the Mendi factor: without their ground, Alavés would be far less.
Rubén Uría revisits the press conference given by Quique Sánchez Flores, coach of Deportivo Alavés and former Atlético boss, ahead of Saturday's match. He was asked about the stat doing the rounds these days: four consecutive Atlético visits to Mendizorroza without a win.
Quique declares himself an enemy of statistics when they are not put in context. He uses them for certain things to do with players, but he has banned his assistant from passing him that kind of data, because what happened is in the past and now it is time to focus on their own game. Where he does commit himself is on the stadium: when he came as the opposing coach he had a terrible time, and now he knows what Mendizorroza brings. Without Mendi, he says, they would be far less.
Uría takes up the point. Alavés are not Bayern or PSG, but at home they are a tough, resilient side who always make life difficult for Atlético.