Francisco Rodríguez, coach of Girona FC, highlighted after winning this Friday at UD Las Palmas (1-2) that his team played “with great courage” and this victory, the first away from home in 2021, is “very important” for his team, although the promotion play-off is “very expensive.”
The Almeria coach was “super proud” of his players at a telematic press conference because they did what he had asked of them for this match, and he considered that going to rest losing 1-0 was “unfair” because, in his opinion, Las Palmas He had not created danger for them.
The Girona coach explained that his team “did not change the plan” after the break, but it was UD Las Palmas that “began to have the ball a little,” and that allowed them to “steal and leave”, to mount transitions “with which the two goals came.”
Francisco believes that now, with 42 points, they should focus only on the next game and not look towards sixth place -play-off for promotion-, and hope that this victory will serve “to raise their heads well and that the team comes out strengthened” .
In addition, he is pleased that he has on his staff “committed people who have done a fantastic job”.
“We cannot think about reaching the play-off tomorrow, because this season is very expensive and we will depend on our rivals, but we have to continue believing,” concluded the Andalusian coach.