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REACTIONS TO A NEW DEFEAT IN LIGA
10 Apr 2017
Depor’s coach was furious with the referee an also with Juanfran, he was also very hard with the performance of the team. The players repeated the same speech of repent.
Pepe Mel was very upset with the referee, “No, I am not mad. Especially when you have two clear penalties that they don’t whistle, then you are screwed. Or when Mariano is content kicking everybody and the first foul we give ends in a yellow card, then you are screwed, or when each time there’s a foul it’s in one direction, then you are screwed. But it’s a scandal the play of Ola John. It’s okay if we miss the penalties, but at least allow us to throw them.”
“I’m turned on, because I am coming from watching the replay on TV. It’s too many advantage. Two penalties are too much. Especially the one of Ola [John] is very clear. Later they say that you need to behave and not throw yourself into the ground, the lad wanted to continue the play, but he can’t. Lesson learned for next time: when they touch you then must throw yourself into the ground. Fajr play” He added.
He later explained the substitution of Juanfran and why he was upset, “He got injured, we aren’t in the mood to give things for free, and it was curious that he got injured in the kick-off, it never happened to me. But if you are injured in ten seconds then throw yourself into the ground, because you are giving an advantage to the rival and we end conceding two goals.”
About the defensive errors, the Madrilenian trainer commented that, “After saying this, we should accept the guilt. Seven games are remaining and we need to be a real man, we cannot concede twice in set-pieces, the third goal was laughable. We achieved a comeback twice, in a complicate stadium like this, living an adverse situation and we cannot concede a goal in a lateral free-kick. It’s not a matter of been pretty, but of been effective. We cannot concede three goals before the break, it’s our fault. Maybe the fourth goal was anecdotal, but it came also in a free-kick. I have been here seven games, trying to save the permanence and we need to be effective.”
Finally, Mel said that the team was once again soft at the beginning of a game, “For me the team didn’t match the expectations during the first half an hour, we gave for free the first thirty minutes against Granada as we did the same today. You need to be effective and you need eleven wolves, and if someone is injured then anyone will replace him, but we cannot concede things. Right now, what we need is solutions. Depor is on this position because we miss things, it’s something dictated by the standings.”
Alejandro Arribas commented that, “The first half was open as both sides had alternatives, the true is that things weren’t good as they were winning our back. The team came back twice and later we conceded goals in set-pieces, something that wasn’t habitual in other games, and I believe we must continue working.”
The centre-back was also upset with the referee, “In the first play I was shown a yellow card as I attempted to block, later Pareja committed a foul on the side and wasn’t booked, then a foul over Ola John and nothing. Pareja touched the ball with the arm twice and pulled a rival and nothing, he left without a card, he left without a card! How is this possible? It isn’t an excuse as the team wasn’t fine, but the referee should have the same criterion.”
Celso Borges was disappointed with the performance of Deportivo, “It’s complicated when you comeback twice and don’t get anything from a game… it’s difficult and we need to think about it. We are missing something that isn’t allowing us to add and we are responsible.”
Laure entered early in the game and was also disappointed, “We were alive throughout the game, but always uphill. We lacked concentration and must improve, because we cannot afford this situation. In the first play we allowed a goal, we reacted, but then they scored again. We were always alive, but far from getting points.”
About the referee, the right-back said that, “I didn’t see the first penalty, but the second was clear to me. From my position, I watched that it was a foolish penalty, but it was penalty. The referee didn’t see it, but we also must realize that the team missed things to get the points.”
At Sevilla CF, Jorge Sampaoli was content with the reaction from his team, “Today the team had the spirit to revert three games without winning. We returned to be an attacking team, one that searches the opposite goal. It’s encouraging for the future. We allowed two goals that can be corrected, but I buy that those errors are linked to the opportunities that were created. I t ended to be a problem, because we weren’t effective and it isn’t normal that a team in Spain creates so many chances without seizing them.”
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