David Cobeño: “It is unfair, but I understand the statement”

Rayo Vallecano sports director, David Cobeño, spoke yesterday at El Carrusel Deportivo of Cadena SER and did not shy away from any of the questions about the latest controversies in which the club has been involved.

The first thing he addressed was the statement that yesterday from the Rayista squad, after the dance of time and field changes for the Cup match against Elche: “It seems unfair to me, but I understand the statement from the Rayo players.” Although he was hurt by the reference in the statement to his work at the club, and explained that he understands the players and tries to help them, although “there are times when I can't give more solutions”

Having said this, a posteriori, on Saturday's day Cobeño made a self-criticism: “The facts say that things were not done well for the match against Elche. We should have done everything with more time so this didn't happen. “

He also spoke about his relationship with the president of Rayo, Raúl Martín Presa, and his weight in the decisions of the Vallecas club. “My relationship with Presa is good, although I am closer to the players. In the end, the president is the one who rules the club. On the club's problems I give my opinion and sometimes it is taken into account and sometimes not. I am a worker and I try to help, but here is a president who makes the decisions “

Finally, Cobeño also spoke about what happened last weekend, on the team's failed trip to Miranda de Ebro, to play the league match against Mirandés. “The bus trip was already bad at the beginning; there was risk, I lived it in my flesh. I don't know if the club knew the risk when the expedition left, but we are some LaLiga errands.”