The side of the Real Betis Alex Moreno considered after the loss to him Atlético de Madrid (2-0) that his team played “a great game” but did not “end” their chances and “a mistake” cost them the first rojiblanco goal, from Marcos Llorente, which marked the meeting.
“I think we had a very good first half, we came out with the game controlled, with chances, but it has been necessary to finish them and it has not been like that. In the second half they came out stronger, it was a mistake that cost us the goal. We played a great game but we haven't finished, ”Moreno explained after the match at‘Movistar + ’.
Regarding that second half, the Betic defender admitted that with the first goal it was difficult to create danger to the Athletic.
“We know that the Athletics It is very intense, it folds back very well and it is difficult to enter them, we have made chances on the outside, I think that with a little more calm we would have chosen more and better, but it has not been like that and the chances have to be finished with a goal ”, he added.
After the red to his partner Martin Montoya, “There was no choice but to pull forward.” “We have had our chances but with one less the game becomes more difficult,” he added.
“The sensations have been good, but you are screwed because the game does not reach you. We come for victory, it has not been like that, we must continue with the line of the first half, have chances, finish them off the goal to get ahead that if we did it would have changed the game “, he concluded.