Aspas: “It seems that the referee wanted Benzema’s hat-trick…”

Celta’s star, Iago Aspas, appeared at the end of the match at the Movistar+ microphones to analyze the defeat suffered against Real Madrid, where the referee’s controversial decisions were decisive.

disallowed goal: “When Thiago finished off, I already noticed that he was offside, but I follow the play in case the ball hits the post and I can push it, in case I am not offside in the end. I never look at the defender that comes to me from one side, because I think he finishes off and I have no one behind me. I don’t have eyes on my back. I told him that if Alaba touches the ball and I hit him again, it would be a goal. If in the clearance, he scores the foot and I put it in again, it would be a goal. It would be a style similar to that of Eric García in the Nations Cup, who touches again and changes the play. He told me no, they are discussions that are of no use to us now We have deserved something more in the ninety minutes and we leave empty”.

penalties: “The first two have been penalties, but they have been. The last one, from my point of view, has not been. Mendy runs forward, touches to the side and throws our defense and in the end it is our foul The only thing missing was to whistle one to throw Pablo (by the referee), otherwise Benzema would have left with a hattrick, which seems to be what he was looking for”.

Talk with referee: “I told him the play of the last penalty, which was not for me. Mendy was on the run and he is the one who throws Kevin”.

merits: “What matters to me is winning. It’s not worth having merit, let fifteen or eighteen thousand people come today if I’m not going to win. I’m a winner and I’m going to go home. We’ve played well, but we’ve got zero points “.

Sweep: “In the second round we have improved a lot. In the first half, above all, we have been superior to them and you leave with 0-1 in that painful penalty, having two or three very very clear chances that Courtois has taken away. I said that He was the best goalkeeper in the world and it seems that he listened to me. He took the foul from me, a shot from Denis and then the header of discord”.

direct free kick: “I saw her inside, yes. Normally, where a goalkeeper does not arrive, he is two meters tall and arrives. He is a great goalkeeper, he is saving Madrid from a lot, it already happened in the Champions League. We have to congratulate them and we to continue , we have those three or four points left for permanence and look at something else”.

No man’s land: “Two and three seasons ago we were 17th, struggling not to go down. It is true that we all want to go one step further, last year we were eighth and we were one step away. We want to continue improving season after season”.