Marcelino It goes with the bittersweet taste of Mendizorrotza. “We had dominance, Alavés generated us very little, almost nothing, a loss when we had a clear against us. There have been few interventions by Unai, but not because Alavés did it badly, but because we did well defensively ”, the Asturian coach began by saying.
The other side of the coin is in the opposite goal. “In the last third we lacked aggressiveness, winning duels, we had many arrivals to create more danger, but we did not attack the rival goal as we did in previous days,” explained the Athletic coach.
“We have no excuse. We lacked mobility, intensity, winning duels. It is clear that playing against Alavés is not easy, it is a team that puts a lot of pressure and the state of the field of the game makes the game difficult. In the last third we had options, but we did not know how to materialize them. It is the but that we have to wear, it is clear that it has been what has prevented us from winning today ”, added the coach.
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The one from Careñes has reiterated the positive and negative aspects: “I think we had good judgment in the game, we got to the last third very well, we have counted up to twelve arrivals, but when we have a shot we want to give an extra pass, when we have a center on a field in poor condition we want to make another dribble. We shoot very little at the door, in each half we have had two very clear chances. It’s decision-making, we lacked mobility, winning the duels, attacking the area with more aggressiveness and intensity ”.
Marcelino He has pointed out that the result cannot be described as unfair, although he has added that Athletic has made more merits to win. “The draw leaves me uncomfortable because we have lost a good chance to win due to the advantageous situations we had in the first and second half,” he added.
The coach has confirmed that the injury Winner It has nothing to do with the discomfort he has suffered throughout the week. “It was on the right ankle and today it was somewhat muscular in the back of the left thigh. Hopefully it’s unimportant. We were unlucky enough to have to make a change right out of the box. Let’s see if it’s just a contracture and not a break, which would prevent him from being with the team in the next matches, ”he explained.