MADRID 27 Feb. (EUROPA PRESS) –
The coach of the Royal Society, Imanol Sheriff, was “proud” of his team and the fans in the Reale Arena this Wednesday for playing “from you to you” to the “best team in the world”, a Real Madrid that they will sweat in the return of semifinals of the Copa del Rey after 0-1 in San Sebastián.
“I am not left alone with the start. The first half the team deserved more. Thank the effort they have made, from you against Real Madrid, being superior in that first half. Thank the reception of the fans,” he said at a press conference.
“We did not deserve the 0-1 at the rest, but we had in front of one of the best teams in the world, if it is not the best, with the best coach in the world. They have put the first one they have had. I am proud of what the team has done and the environment lived,” he added after losing the first leg for the minimum.
The coach ‘Txuri-Urdin’ made it clear that they will fight in the Berbanéu for being in the final. “We are going to fight it, you have no doubt. The team has shown it. We have enough reasons to be proud. They will have to win, they will have to make a good game if they want to be in the final,” he said.
On the other hand, Sheriff was asked about the songs of “Asencio, move” who were heard in Anoeta and forced the referee to stop the game. “I have not heard it. If so, condemn it, we don’t like it. I mean that our fans and players are the noblest in the league,” he said.
“The behavior of our fans and players has been from Chapó. If there are those songs, they have to be condemned, because it cannot be, but say that I am very proud of this hobby and these players for the behavior and respect they always show,” he ended.