MADRID, 18 Jun. (EUROPA PRESS) –
The coach of Deportivo Alavés, Luis García Plaza, wanted to be restrained with his euphoria for his past with Levante but confessed his joy for the promotion achieved this Saturday, in a “rocambolesque” ending with the penalty in the 129th minute that gave them the last ticket to the First Division amte the ‘granota’ team.
“It has been the tone of the entire season, a tremendous equality. I think we have been better. We have played very direct, very vertical and we have had chances. On the pitch, in this match, we have been deserving of victory. We have controlled the game at all times. There it was equalized but here we have five chances to push”, he said at a press conference.
Alavés achieved promotion in the City of Valencia with a penalty in the long discount of extra time that the referee indicated with the help of VAR, a “rocambolesque” end to a long road. “On the field I didn’t realize it and on the video scoreboard it was seen that it was a penalty. For me it’s a penalty, but it’s the interpretation. From there, I don’t force anyone to shoot it. Asier has shot it phenomenally, to something came and has given us the promotion goal”, he stated.
“It’s my fourth promotion, it’s the opportunity for coaches that we can’t win titles. It hurts for Levante, it’s the same people as when I was there. I’m in a house that has given me a lot and I want to be respectful. As a coach, I have had one of my best seasons. He has demanded a lot from me this season”, he added.
On the other hand, García Plaza confessed that he was calm that if the game went long they would hold out better than Levante. “We have arrived physically very well, if we went to extra time we would arrive better. In the long game we knew that we were going to be better than them. We have worked on what we had in mind during the week,” he finished.