Villarreal coach Unai Emery pointed out after his team's draw in Tel Aviv against Maccabi that they should be self-critical and admitted that they did not make a good second half, so he considered the equalizer fair and regretted not having been able to certify the classification mathematically
“In the classification issue we knew that winning was done, not getting it leaves a bad taste in my mouth. In the game, we had a good first half in which we were on the road, and in the second we were worse and after his goal it was complicated, so in the end even the draw is fair. Now we must continue competing to achieve the goal, “he explained at a press conference.
“We must be self-critical and I am, we must make the players see that if we lower the level of play and intensity a bit, if we think it is won, we are wrong. We must analyze what has happened to improve it. It is information, I think we have worked well, we are happy, but we must be demanding and if we want to do important things we must improve those mistakes, “he added.
The coach who lined up eight different players in his lineup with respect to the last league game against Real Madrid, last Saturday, indicated in this regard that “we must continue to bet on all the players, this Europa League helps us to do so.”
Finally, he referred to the upcoming League match against Real Sociedad, leader of the championship and that distance him by four points. “It is a beautiful game in advance and we are excited about that challenge and that game. We must maintain regularity in all fields, but this is a special challenge, “he confessed.
“We are doing well and we have reserved players for this game, we have left players at home so that they are well. Peña has a blow, we'll see how it is. But the idea is to put the best eleven and put the best players for this Sunday, “he concluded.