Imanol: “We wanted to give him the ball”

The coach of Real, Imanol Alguacil, points out that he feels “happy about the draw, we hope to resolve it at home”although the penalty Leipzig It seemed strange to him, he wanted to be respectful with the referee. “I imagine that you will have seen it clearly, I prefer not to talk about it and focus on the great work of the team,” he says. “We wanted to win, we have played in a different way, but with a very winning mentality,” he concludes.

The coach from Oriotarra points out that “we have played a great match, that we have played one on one and achieved a draw”, slips from this 2-2 in a knockout “Long live in Donosti which is what we wanted against a Champions team in front of our fans”. He comments that what “has happened” is what “we had planned”, they have “surprised them, we have given them the ball wanting, we have done a great defensive job”, concludes Imanol. A Leipzig that respects and praises against a team that had “competed against Bayern.” Isak, due to hamstring problems, was unable to perform at the Red Bull Arena. “We didn’t want to risk it, let’s see for Sunday in the derby,” he acknowledges. Rico suffers a break.

For his part, the coach of RB Leipzig, Domenico TedescOr, he commented that “it was important to score the second goal and not go in the second leg with 1-2. I think we had 20 shots on goal against 2. We must win a game like this,” he says. “It’s a shame we didn’t go ahead. I think if we had gone ahead the game would have been different”, He launched. Regarding the penalty that ended in the equalizer for Leipzig, Tedesco comments that it is one of those penalties that can be called but not every referee calls. “I think that if the referee doesn’t award the penalty in our favor, VAR doesn’t intervene.”