Athletic remains at the gates of Europe for the second consecutive season. The end point of the route was put this time by defeat with Leganés. Forged last night between the expulsion of Unai Simon in the first part and the good work of containing visitors. Garitano He commented that “both things, staying with ten conditions everyone, we have tried because we needed to win. We have taken risks, we have finished with two points to try to get there. They had one more advantage with one and have done a good job behind. They haven't conceded goals in the last four games and we haven't been able to. ”
Regarding the play in which the goalkeeper saw the red, he noted that “our defensive defender in the surveillance chain has been a mistake, being three against one. It's one thing we don't usually fail at. We have kept ten and you pay for it, but the team has emptied, has given everything it had. With 0-0, perhaps in another game … But we needed to win, in the last 25 minutes we have opened the game more, it has led to them having more spaces and cons ”.
The agur to Europe marked the disappointment in the post-match. “So far we have come alive fighting, but we did not get there. It was cruel, staying with one less at first … You don't expect it. That play was an accident, in anyone the game can go and we have gone there. The team has taken a terrible beating, but they have defended well and with one more it is quite an advantage. In other conditions, perhaps we would have given them the initiative, but we needed to win and in the second half we went for it ”, he launched.
Garitano He acknowledged that “now we are not happy after losing, we had hopes … A great illusion. But we could not. We knew that winning we had options, eleven against eleven maybe it would have been something else, but we have stayed with ten and in First that is a great advantage. Imagine the flavor we have after losing, we are screwed. ”
Asked by those who have lacked to obtain the European ticket, he pointed out that “from midfield upwards, with respect to those who are fighting to arrive with us, they have great potential. Superior to ours ”. From now on, with names like Sancet and Vivian on the table, confirmed that “we will provide Bilbao Athletic as much as possible in terms of players and what they need.”
He was not encouraged to draw the summary of the campaign. “I do not like to take stock of something in which I am involved, anything I say would be very subjective. I am very happy with the work of the players, proud of the behavior of each one. Now we have to go to Granada to try to finish in the best possible way, ”said the Athletic coach.