Marcelino He has agreed with those who think that his team could compete much better in the two Cup finals played against Real Sociedad and Barça. “I have already said it other times, what hurt me the most is how we had lost. This team has the potential to be higher, I don't know where. With a very high performance I think it can be close to Europe, but the reality is that our performance is lower than the potential we have because we are not able to maintain a maximum competitive level for 10 months. This squad has the ability, trains and works admirably and can compete better every game. This is what penalizes us, it is the pending subject, this must be the first step to make a competitive team ”, said the coach the day before visiting Betis in the first game after the blow of the defeat against Barça.
This squad has the ability, trains and works admirably and can compete better every game. This is what penalizes us, it is the pending subject
The Asturian has once again lacked greater attention to the League. The Cup finals have distracted the thought of what makes a team better, winning regular tournament matches. “We are annoyed because we had a great opportunity. He gave us to reach two finals, which is a success, but he did not give us to win them. I think that in order to have real options, what you have to do is compete in the league. Since I got here it seemed that the League did not exist. It is a serious mistake on everyone's part. This competition shows the potential of each team. The first step to have a backpack loaded with reasons is to compete every day and win matches, this leads you to have more options to win a final ”, he added.
The rojiblanco coach considers that his team has made merits to win more games, but the reality is different. Marcelino He has expressed it graphically. “The team loses little, but gains little. I think we have won three league games, which are few, we have lost another three, which are also few, but we have drawn seven, which are many. If we had won any of these, we would be speaking differently, but in Asturias it is said that everything begins with itself, sidrina … ”.
We did not have the best luck from a physical point of view for the final against Barça
Marcelino has also explained the decision to align Muniain in the final, when he was a bit touched. It was something agreed between the player, the medical staff and the coach himself: “We did not have the best luck from a physical point of view for the final. I do not want it to sound like an excuse, nothing is further from my intention, but it is reality. Iker he suffered a rare injury on Thursday, but we decided that he would play because we believed he would be at the best level. Whether it is the right decision or not, we will never know. We did not change the approach we made for the final of the Super Cup, but sometimes it comes out and sometimes it doesn't. The Barça players showed great performance. Now, with all the humility and honesty I have to say that winning the second final was very difficult. The surprise would have been that Athletic won that final. The reality is that there was a superior team and they beat us ”.