“I'm happy with Kang-in, but today we were looking for other things”

How are the centrals, because Hugo Guillamón has been injured?

We are going to see Hugo to see what injury he has, but everything indicates that he will miss several games. Now we have Mangala, Gabriel and I think Diakhaby, throughout the week, could be in a position to return. We work with affiliate players and we know we can count on them too.

Are you happy with Kang-in Lee?

I am very happy with Kang-in Lee. I try to make the decisions that are best for the party. If you always ask me why he doesn't play, there will always be some reason to say that you put one player before another. Manu comes from playing a good game, Maxi is an important player… with Kang-in we are happy.

Was your approach to look for Atlético's mistakes and you haven't had them?

The approach was to try to go out to win the game, and we wanted to press up and we tried to put pressure, but they also led us to retreat and be strong in the area. We had to be strong in the areas. I think we have done a good defensive job. In the first part he has given us to give some more exit, but in the second we have not been able. The rival has had more possession and presence, but has not had many chances either. In the second part we believed that we could get something else out, but it couldn't be that way.

He says that they have come out to win, but it seems that they played not to lose.

I do not share the opinion that we did not want to win. If we have lost time in the exits it was to recover from the effort, not to waste time. The team did not come out as much as we had planned, but the rival also plays and each change of his was to put more quality on the field.

Why has Kang-in disappeared from eleven? The street doesn't understand it.

I understand that it will be your opinion. I don't know what the opinion of the street is. Everyone can't play and everyone deserves to be there. If Kang-in has not played, do not understand that he trains badly or anything like that. The line-up has sought the best for the team in this match. But I am happy with Kang-in.

Do you think the tie would have been fair?

I think they have scored a goal and they deserve to be winners. But I want to value the work that my team has done. We received an own goal and we would have been deserving of a draw.

With what feeling do you leave, with having defended well or having attacked little?

I value the defensive work of my team. We have been constant. We have lacked those attack options. The matches are decided in details. Had he scored on the occasion of Uros, the game would have been opened to us. But this has not happened. I'm happy with the work the team has done, but obviously not with the result.