MADRID, 1 Sep. (EUROPA PRESS) –
The coach of CA Osasuna, Jagoba Arrasate, lamented the “unforced errors” that led to the tie against Bruges in search of the return to Europe of the ‘rojillo’ club, although he highlighted the level of the ‘playoff’ for playing in the Conference League this season.
“It is clear that it is a very big stick, but we have to continue. I think that today in an environment, which you have already seen how it has been, the team has shown its face, we have to be hurt, yes, but proud of the team, proud of the fans and we have to lay the first stone today to keep building and keep improving”, he stated at a press conference after a tough elimination.
And it is that Osasuna had turned around the 1-2 defeat of El Sadar last week, with a 0-2 draw, but 20 minutes from the end, the Belgian team managed to make it 2-2 in two bad defensive actions by those from Arrasate. “These experiences are sure to come in handy, even though we’ve lost the tie now and we’re hurt,” he said.
“Very hurt. In the end, yesterday we said that we believed, that we were going to try and that’s how it has been. The pity is that you get 0-2, there are twenty minutes left and in the blink of an eye they tie the game and you stay out. We tried until the last action with that occasion from Aimar, but hey. I think it was a tie where a lot of things happened”, he added.
Arrasate insisted on the “mistakes” that paid “expensively” although he highlighted the level of the tie. “We have not been classified at any time. It is true that with 20 minutes to go we were ahead, but what you have in front of you makes you be very cautious. It is true that you analyze the tie and there we surely made some mistake, today too and that is what It makes you sad,” he said.
“It is true that sometimes the errors are forced because the opponent is of great quality, but those unforced errors are the ones that have decided the tie and that is what makes us sad because it had turned its face, the team was making a great effort and pity, above all, for the kids”, he added.
“We have arguments to compete against a big team from Europe. The feeling I have is that whoever passed today’s tie was going to go very, very far. Now we have to watch it from home, we’ll see how far Brugge goes, but I’m sure he’ll go far,” he concluded.