Ruben Martinez was the centre of attention in Abegondo this morning. Regarding this Saturday’s match against UD Las Palmas at the Estadio ABANCA-RIAZOR (1 pm, Bein LaLiga), he admitted that “as the league goes by, everything is more decisive in the last fixtures.” "It’s a very very important match. This is football and one never knows what’s going to happen. Many options for us to remain in Primera are being played in this match,” he added.

Despite having lost against Girona, and Levante beating Getafe and having a 5-point lead, he stated, “of course we’re still alive, there’s still hope. And that’s how we're facing this. There are many games left and we cannot give in. This happens when you don’t lose hope and you carry on working until the end.”

The Coruña keeper believes “it’s complicated because there are more points, but we have to win one game after another, because otherwise there's no point. The others are going to win games, like Levante this weekend just gone.”

Ruben emphasized that “our confidence is still good, it remains intact. We have to win right away starting with this weekend. Because if we don’t win this weekend we cannot aspire to leave the drop zone.”