“If anyone is responsible, it’s me, I need to gain experience”
“My idea has not borne the expected results; it is a reality”
BARCELONA, 22 Ene. (EUROPA PRESS) –
The coach of Girona FC, Míchel, regretted the defeat at San Siro against AC Milan (1-0) that confirmed their elimination in their first historic season in the ‘Champions’, a competition in which he has the feeling of having experienced a ” yes but no” which, added to the lack of efficiency and experience, has led to a premature goodbye.
“If there is anyone responsible, it is me, for how I have done things. I need to gain experience to be able to compete in these games more effectively, which we have lacked throughout the ‘Champions’. It has been a ‘yes but no’ that has left out. Winning a game of seven means that my idea has not produced the expected results; it is a reality,” he said at a press conference.
A self-critical speech that is not easy to see in professional football and that says a lot, positively, about a Míchel who wants to return to the ‘Champions’. “I don’t know if we deserve a better result or not but we have been alive in a match of equals. Of course we want to return to the ‘Champions’, to these stages like San Siro that the players and everyone like,” he said.
But on a personal level, he admitted that he was, after this defeat and subsequent elimination, a little “sad.” “My game model is what sets everything, my players have not given up what I have told them in seven games and it has not worked. We have competed, but it has not given us positive results. We have not been effective, it is a reality and a responsibility of the coach. My players have been brave and protagonists, I have to help them win,” he added.
“We are going to build from now on to have the possibility of returning, in the next season or later. We are growing and doing things well, we will be able to fight to return. But throughout this ‘Champions’ we have been faithful to our style and It hasn’t given us enough to compete, I don’t know if it’s because of inexperience or because of the game model. But I’m proud of the players, they’ve done what we’ve asked of them,” he reiterated.
A defeat in a match in which Girona, who could have been beaten, had 3-4 clear scoring chances to score or even win. “We would have liked to give them a victory, we have one game left and we want a victory against Arsenal at home. May the fans help us to be able to grow and be in a close possibility of competing in Europe and be together to be able to continue growing,” he argued. Míchel, who wants to give the best farewell to his fans.
Because he believes he has “room for improvement.” “We have to be like a ‘staff’ capable of controlling all the moments of the game much better. Sometimes it hits us in LaLiga, but this year Atlético, Real Madrid and Barça have beaten us easily. Against the big ones, our idea has not been effective. But I think I have room for improvement, last year everything flowed better but it is about, with what we have now, being more effective,” he said.
“For us, every ‘Champions’ match is a gift. We could have achieved better results, I’m not saying to get involved but there are 2-3 matches that I have the feeling that we could have won. But the lack of experience and being faithful to the “The Arsenal game is for the fans to enjoy what they achieved last year and for them to enjoy themselves,” he reiterated about that last duel against Mikel Arteta’s Gunners.