Iraola: “The atmosphere at the start affects us, I don’t know how to solve it”

Andoni Iraola, coach of Rayo, recognized that the atmosphere that was experienced in the Vallecas stadium, with the background of the empty stadium where the fans who are part of Bukaneros sit, “affects” your team, although he assured that “it is not an excuse” to justify the performance they gave against Osasuna.

Osasuna, with two goals in the first half from Jon Moncayola and Rubén García and another from Kike García in added time, thrashed Rayo in Vallecas, in a game that they dominated from the start. “We have gone wrong and they have beaten us in plays that we expected could happen as the lateral centers. More than intensity I would speak of concentration. It is true that in the second half we were better but the goal did not come. In football we see that the first goal scores a lot, we have not entered the game well and that is why we have been punished”Iraola said at a press conference.

So far this year, Rayo have not won in the League and have four defeats and a draw in the five games played.

“It’s the first bad run of the season and the first post. This has to serve us all because we have to turn the situation around and face it head-on. We know that we are one hundred percent competitive, and if we don’t have a bad time, but I don’t think there will be any problems.” confessed.

In front of Osasuna the bottom of the Vallecas stadium was empty. The group of fans that are part of Bukaneros was not inside and their lack of support was noticed by the team.

“It affects us a lot but we have to look at the grass and not take the easy shortcut. Osasuna has surpassed us in relatively predictable actions, where they are strong, but It is true that the environment of the beginning affects because everyone is aware of other things. I don’t know how to solve it, I only know that it hurts the team and I can’t say much more.” pointed.

“We have to try, in the sporting mission, to affect us as little as possible with the fans. It cannot be an easy excuse. We have to focus on green, recognizing that these things do not help,” he said.

Finally, Iraola spoke about the Argentine midfielder Oscar Trejo, a key player in his scheme but who was a substitute against Osasuna to rest him due to the amount of accumulated minutes. “The other day, in the Cup, we pushed him to the limit. We tried not to remove him until the end and today the idea was to take advantage of him in the second half because you have to use more than eleven players. We are aware of what it means but we cannot look for excuses. We have drawn a competitive eleven and we have not done things well”, he concluded.