Cervera on the unmarked penalty: “I can't say what I think”

Bounce back from goals. “The game is not badly played, but it is lost. We have conceded four goals and seven in two weeks. There is a lot of difference and in the end the one who plays the best does not win, but the one who makes the fewest mistakes does, and we have made some mistakes, especially the penalty that gives Atleti the third goal. The last goal has no explanation, it comes from a throw-in and there is only one player in front of the goalkeeper. This is the reality of the First Division and it is our reality. We have to try to change it ”.

Different image than before Sevilla. “We want to go for the game or Atlético de Madrid wants you to go to the game because they are winning 1-3, it is not the same. We have not changed, the rival has changed, some teams put more or less opposition to you. We always try, and today we have been able to. There are times when it is more complicated. The team has always been in the game. You have the, surely, league champion in front of you and you play as he wants and lets himself be dominated. We played well and they scored four goals ”.

Penalty not designated. “You will understand that I don't say no what I think. I can't say what I think. In football today, coaches cannot say what we think. It must be the only place in the world where a person cannot say what he thinks, but I cannot say it ”.

Change of referee judgment. “There is a rule that says that if the player is on the ground and the ball hits his hand, it is not a hand. That is, if they shoot at goal and you throw yourself to the ground and stop it with your hand, it is not a hand, because you are on the ground, or something like that. I do not get it. I have seen an image in which the player is not on the ground, but the hand is, and apparently there is a rule that says that if the hand is on the ground it is not a hand. They will change the norm, but we will not care anymore ”.

Attacking team. “I imagined the game that way because of the way they play. What I didn't expect was a 30-meter foul, a corner, a penalty and a throw-in. They have not scored any goal in play. That is why they are Atlético de Madrid and they are where they are ”.

Various arbitration rulings that penalize. “We do not need help, but any little thing destabilizes us against a team like Atleti. I'm not going to say anything because I can't and shouldn't. I would like things to be debated and improved, but since it can't be done, I keep quiet ”.

Without lowering your arms. “They have scored four goals and the other day three, I'm happy I'm not going, but what we thought we were going to do has turned out. That says something good about us and that we have understood the game. I cannot be happy, but I have seen what we proposed. Still we have lost ”.

Pride of the hobby. “If we continue to be emotionally alive and with a good head, we are going to achieve permanence. We can only get down by lowering our arms, not football. If we don't lower them, we won't have any problem ”.