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Valencia coach Baraja: So much at stake against Sevilla

Valencia coach Ruben Baraja concedes much is at stake against Sevilla today.

Both teams are battling against relegation ahead of this six pointer.

Baraja said: "We have never given up in games and we have reasons to believe. The key to all of this is the players and their interpretation of things, beyond the formation. The formation isn't something that I am obsessed with.

"With the time I have been here, we can only get more from ourselves by demanding it, giving 120%. It's the only way to get out of this situation.

"We are at a club in which I have experienced us performing above the expectations that the club set, due to the demand from the players. I haven't come here to get overrun by things and for everything to be bad.

"If everybody takes responsibility, from the physios, to the kitman, to me, to everybody, and creates the maximum level of demand, we can get out of this situation.

"We are going to stop putting the focus on other things and focus on the important thing: Giving more and more in such an important game."

Baraja also said: "We all have a lot at stake. That's the reality. The players are aware. The defeat in Almería was a blow for everyone. We are professionals and we cannot enter into the dynamic of letting ourselves get brushed away.

"We have to be able to react and take action. We have prepared for the match well; we are up against a great team who are in a position in the table that does not correspond to them and who played in the quarterfinals of the Europa League the other day. We want to be an energetic team, with vitality and intensity. We will go for the result and we want to win the game."

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