Cervera, on the fouls by hand: “This has to be clarified”

Assessment of the meeting: “The game was not good, they were very good and we were quite bad. We are having a hard time playing. The fact of not winning has everyone very gripped. The players do half of what they know and it costs us a lot. Eibar has dominated us, they have taken the ball from us, they have entered our area. We knew that this match had to be won. It gives us a little air to be able to play better and be closer to victory even than today. The important thing was to win. We are not doing the football we want, but it is costing us a lot. We have managed to hold them, then we have made some changes and we have equalized a bit. We continue to defend far behind and it is because of fear of what has happened, a penalty, a corner … in the end it is very difficult for us to generate ”.

Important victory: “If we had not won today, things would get very bad mathematically and morally, because we know that we are not playing at the level that we should and know. We know that we are gripped and this victory will give us air. The key to the game has been in the penalty and on the two occasions head-to-head with the goalkeeper that we have not scored. Cádiz is awarded a penalty in any way and it is also difficult for us to score a goal because the league is very difficult. With this victory we will be able to work better ”.

Things to improve: “At the end of this game we were good. When the opposing team recovers it, we get back very early, and it is because of the fear that grips us and we get very close to our goal. That is recovered with the tranquility that the points give you and a victory like today ”.

Ruben Nephew: “Since he has arrived he gives us a bonus because he can occupy several positions. He is a fast player, with the ball he has intention and gives us a lot. He's a great guy and he gives us a bonus that improves the team a lot ”.

‘Choco’ Lozano and Jonsson: “For us, having the entire squad is very important so that we don't have to remove players from the site. Choco has a knee problem, it was not a blow, but someone fell on him. When they do tests we will know what he has ”.

Victory of Elche: “We knew it because it had been before the game, but we didn't talk about those things. What we think is that when they and we win against a direct rival, perhaps salvation will get cheaper. That's good. We know it, but it is not spoken ”.

Negredo: “We have one of the best finishers. The problem we have with him is that he is 35 years old and he is in a team that needs to run a lot to get the games going. We know that when he has it, he will almost always put it in, but he has the handicap that he cannot run the kilometers that others run ”.

What is hand and what is not?: “This has to be clarified, because in football there are balls that go nowhere and have no intention and you cannot give a penalty that can decide a game. Then there are other balls that have the appearance of being a goal, that the play is important and maybe the hand is not so clear, but you have to whistle it. But a ball that comes from a punt and hits your hand … in the regulations it says that after the rebound it is not a hand. Nobody understands this very well because nobody explains it either. As an anecdote: there has been a moment when the referee has approached and asked me to speak to me, for me that is impossible, I cannot approach the referee. We should all agree because we are all part of the game and no one is more important than anyone ”.