Iraola: “It’s hard to lose like this”

Andoni Iraola, Rayo coach, regretted losing the opportunity to play in the Cup final after giving up a draw in stoppage time. The coach was “very proud” of his team’s cup campaign, which reached the semifinals for the second time in the club’s history, but considered it “hard to lose like this” when he was already “seeing himself in extra time”.

Iraola “feels bad” about being eliminated by some “players who have given everything and seen it very close” despite the fact that they were “in front of a great team” until the possibility of being in the ending “in the discount”.

“I have thanked them for the effort made because they have all supported. I thought we could do it. I thought about it until the end. We have bet on the Cup, the people have been the ones who have made us believe the most. People wanted to do something big and that moves the player”, added the Gipuzkoan coach.

Iraola insisted that he “loves the Cup”, a tournament that “has given him a lot as a player and as a coach” but “it makes him angry because the most beautiful game that can be played”, the cup final, “is going to be enjoyed by the Bethys”.

The coach of the Vallecano team stressed that “Betis has a lot of quality and has scored one more goal” despite Rayo’s “two very complete games”, who today “played very intelligently and, with the 0-1, I thought that they could be caught in a counter but they have scored first”

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