Imanol he had no choice but to “accept as good” the draw against Osasuna, who presented them with a “difficult and tough game, with the lines very close together” but the procession went inside for the development of a match in which, obviously, the 0 -1 was decisive. “We have given them the goal and it is more difficult that way. The game has been complicated, we have tried but against an opponent like that, who does that defensive work, you have to be very fine, “said the Oriotarra who believes that” we have made more chances but in the last center we have not been successful. After the draw we had good moments but today we have given the goal away and that way it is more difficult to win ”.
The Real coach believes that “more than freshness” they lacked “quality. We have had options to remove centers and do more damage, “he said. Sheriff, happy with the response of his players to the rival approach, not so with the executions in the last third of the field. “If they make you a game like that, in which they close you down from the inside, you need more quality. We had to arrive from the outside and we have done it but we have not succeeded ”.
And it is that seeing how Osasuna was planted, the 0-1 seemed to him Imanol “A serious sin” because the party was going to hit the last pass. ” He oriotarra He saw a Navarrese team less brave than in other games. “Osasuna has raised a tough game, stuck, they were waiting to catch us in a transition but it has not been like that”, although the Real lacked to better manage the domain of possession and position. “When a team presents you with a low-block game, you have to be correct in the centers and in the timing when going to the auction but we have not been solvent to get better centers and arrive with more people.”
Imanol He claimed that although he ended with an ‘eleven’ full of young people “we were looking to win” although he had no choice but to acknowledge that the line-up was conditioned by rotations. “The minutes are accumulating. Today we have fallen Monreal and you have to be careful ”. In that sense, the fact of playing without a winger or Isak not having minutes was justified. “I'm not looking for excuses, but the approach is based on the fact that we played three days ago. Isak was dead, Gorosabel same, Igor has played on the wing and had to refresh the team, “said a Imanol who also had the priority of “taking care of Mikel
Oyarzabal. It is touching all the coaches. We have the matter of Covid and for those of us who have played the Europe
League it has been crazy. Even those who don't play during the week have a lot of injuries ”.
What comes next will not be much better and, as of next week, with the Super Cup title at stake, coach Txuri Urdin may be forced to choose competitions. “I would not like it,” said Alguacil since “we want to compete in all competitions and that is what we are doing.” That is why his main desire is “to recover all the people to face all the competitions with the highest ambition” although he recognized that “if we do not recover all the injured, we will have to select competitions and see if I am right. But if we have everyone, we will go for all the competitions with maximum ambition, “he added. Imanol.
In this regard, the realist coach confirmed that he hopes to have Illarramendi “If you complete the whole week” and among the rest of the injured there is everything. “Januzaj is to start with the team and Silva I hope it does not lack much. Elustondo has a swollen ankle and let's see Zaldua. They are so many and so important that they mark the line-ups ”.
In this way, although it was won in San Mamés, Real have not won at home since they defeated Granada in November. “I worry about not winning,” he said. Imanol without differentiating home or away matches. “There is no longer a home game or away games. We can make an overall assessment, we have 30 points with one game left to finish the first round. Today has been the hardest but to the points if any today had to have won, it was us. We have been closer to winning than losing ”.