As in the derby, Espanyol started the match against Sevilla behind on the scoreboard, with a scoring error in a lateral cross, but then was able to equalize and almost turn it around. For this reason, Vicente Moreno, who still does not see victory in 2022, prefers to keep the “positive part”. “We have competed well and deserved it. We deserved to win the other day (derby) and today (against Sevilla)”he reflected quietly, as usual.
The Valencian coach recognizes that his team does not have “psychosis” due to the additions, after receiving the 2-2 against Barcelona in the 97th minute, and that the poor management of the last minutes of the match, when Espanyol, with a player more, he was not able to create danger and the meeting entered a blackout phase. “The last ten minutes we did not face them in the best way. It is the coach’s responsibility. I must insist on the things that are needed to play against ten. In the first leg we kept one more, and they made it 2-0. The technician should give better solutions to the player”took the blame.
“We had to be more calm. What happens is that the game enters a minute where the rival and you play. Sometimes it is also difficult to play against ten, this is not mathematics. Calm and insist”commented the Valencian coach, who decided to bring Aleix Vidal, Adrián Embarba, Óscar Melendo and Loren Morón onto the pitch, who were unable to contribute a differential factor to the match.
On the irregularity of the team, both in the trajectory during the course and in the games, Moreno commented that “Like any team. Surely there are moments of light and less light. Not everyone is capable of playing the games that we do. We have to give it continuity, that it be more and that it be for more games”, explained the coach, who did not want to comment on the expulsion of Koundé for attacking Javi Puado. “I have enough puddles to get into others,” he settled.
Lastly, the coach was left with the competitive level of his team in the last matches, against Barcelona and Seville: “We have been playing against top teams for two weeks. I must congratulate the players”, he commented, waiting for it to finally arrive. and hopefully it will be in Villarreal (“We will be accompanied, hopefully it will look like what we have at home”), where Espanyol already won in the relegation season.