Bordalás: “If we had scored the penalty, we would have passed the tie”

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I dared Bordaláscoach Getafe, He assured this Wednesday at a press conference that if his player Jorge Molina would have scored the penalty that would have meant a draw against him Inter, his team would have gone through to the quarterfinals of the Europa League. The striker of the Madrid team missed a maximum penalty in the 75th minute of the clash that would have been 1-1 after the Belgian goal Romelo Lukaku.

“We made a very good tie against him Ajax, we eliminated it and I think that today we played a great game. Great approach, we have put an almighty Inter on the ropes. If I had scored the penalty, I am convinced that we would have passed the tie, ”he said.

“They were dead. A penalty the second goal in an isolated action. I believe that Mathias Olivera should have stopped at the uncheck of Eriksen and Djené left a dead rejection to mark 2-0. It has already been impossible. Very proud of the boys, a phenomenal job and now to rest, disconnect and recover, ”he declared.

Bordalás, who did not want to talk about his future because it was time to talk about the clash, acknowledged that his team ended the duel against Inter with sadness because he played a great match to win the tie. “We have had on the ropes the Inte
r In the second half. We were in control of the game and unfortunately, in an error on their first goal, who had done practically nothing, they got ahead. The team did not lose face, we had the penalty that we would have gotten fully into the possibility of passing the tie. Too bad, “he said.

“I am proud because the approach has been fantastic and the team has interpreted it sensationally. Very proud of the boys, the effort and the work. The difference is very big, only the player who scored the first goal for us, Lukaku, it costs more than all the Getafe together ”, he added.

He also remembered that the Getafe lost the chance in League of finishing in a European place for a missed penalty against the I raised on the last day and that, for another maximum penalty, he was left out of the Europa League. “The truth is that if we look at it that way, that's the way it is. But there is no need to think about penalties, which sometimes have the misfortune of not being right. It happened against us I raised and it happened to us today. We stayed out of Europe for next season and we have stayed out of Europe for missing a penalty. There is nothing to reproach James already George, which failed them. That can happen. “

Finally, he recalled that the Getafe he managed to go far in all competitions despite some obstacles he had to overcome: “It is true that the team lost a very important player in the winter market as Leandro Cabrera, a holder with a lot of personality and character who gave a lot to the team. Then on June 30, four players left. Despite this, the team has stood up to the end, “he concluded.