Julen Lopetegui
Wolves midfielder Mario Lemina insists Julen Lopetegui is building an “amazing team” as the club look to secure Premier League survival in the final weeks of the season.
Lopetegui’s side are seven points ahead of Nottingham Forest, who currently occupy the final position in the relegation zone, ahead of Leicester City and Southampton. After worrying defeats to Bournemouth and Leeds, Wolves have since responded with big wins over Chelsea and Brentford in their last two.
Lemina has started Wolves’ last eight games and played a key role in the XI which has managed to collect enough points to all but steer clear of a relegation fight next month.
Mario Lemina said: “A lot of things have changed since I’ve arrived and we are working to stay in the Premier League, but also to have a base for the next year. We’re not going to give up now, or maybe if we win the next game, we’re not going to give up. We’re going to do everything until the last game to bring something for next year. That’s the most important for us. I’m really happy because the Premier League is the best league, I’m not going to lie. It’s a really good league, and I’m around such good players. When the chemistry is going to be on, it’s going to be an amazing team. The club is really good and now we just need to get this chemistry between us to be the team that we want to be.”
Speaking about his connection with the supporters,
Mario Lemina said: “I really like it, I enjoy it, and it makes me get the second wave all the time. It’s really good, all the players need this kind of things, and I’m going to fight until the end, that’s what I’m going to do.”
In Wolves’ last win over Brentford, Diego Costa scored his first goal for the club to open the scoring, before Hwang Hee-chan doubled the host’s lead.
Mario lemina said: “He’s a really hard worker. He gives us his experience every time on the pitch and speaks to us a lot. You see the commitment he has all the time he plays, and he deserved it. We all know what he did in football, and I think the defensive opponents are scared by him a little bit, because he’s a big character and they know what he did already. That’s really important to us, to feel that striker which puts the defence under pressure. He did really well today, and he helps us a lot. He’s a funny character, funny guy – a big joker. At the same time, he’s a really hard worker. He could just be an old man, but he’s never doing that. He’s just working really hard and putting all the players under pressure all the time in training, and that’s really good for us.”
