The Swans go into Sunday’s big derby showdown six points behind their South Walian neighbours but Rangel believes that overall the Swans are stronger as a team.<\/p>\n
But he also knows that Sunday will enter the game as second favourites behind Cardiff citing home advantage as the main reason for that fact.<\/p>\n
“We know Cardiff are a very, very good team this season with great players,” Rangel told the Evening Post.<\/p>\n
“Individually they are a massive team. Bothroyd is suspended this week, but they still have (Chris) Burke, Chopra, Whittingham and Bellamy.<\/p>\n
“But as a team I think we are stronger than they are.<\/p>\n
“They are trying to play football as we do, but we are more used to the ball than them and I think that’s going to be a key thing.<\/p>\n
“We have shown we are a good team in this division. We are climbing the table and, although we are away from home, I think we can win the game.<\/p>\n
“They are at home so probably they will be the favourites<\/p>\n
“But they will have more pressure on them than us because they are on their own ground, and we are very confident away from home at the moment.<\/p>\n
“We will go there with a lot of motivation and great spirit and try to get three points.<\/p>\n
“We have won our last three away games and we feel stronger than ever going into this game.<\/p>\n
“We will aim for another clean sheet<\/p>\n
“We have had five in a row in the league and that’s not easy.<\/p>\n
“But it’s not just the back four who are doing well \u2014 the whole team is defending really well.<\/p>\n
“We have to keep doing exactly the same things against Cardiff.<\/p>\n
“We know they have threats and it will be a very difficult game, but we feel we can win if we are at our best.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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