Izan, now fully locked into the mindset of a player who carried his team, added, "We need to show them we're the better team.
We press, we score, and we don't let them breathe. We've been here all season. Let's finish what we started."
With that, the Valencia players, inspired and united, headed into the club's recovery rooms on orders of Ruben Baraja, his reasoning, well to recover and manage any cramps that had affected the players.
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After a brief recovery period, the Valencia CF squad had settled into their usual routine.
Some players were already in the locker room, others chatting among themselves in the gym, but Izan found himself walking out of the recovery room, feeling the weight of the upcoming match against Mallorca pressing on his mind.
As he stepped into the hallway, he spotted Rubén Baraja standing alone by a set of double doors, his arms crossed, eyes focused on the floor, lost in thought.