Liga Santander: Piqu: “The Madrid of the first part is the worst I've encountered in the Bernabu” | LaLiga Santander 2019

The Barca center says the game was a missed opportunity for Bara and regrets that they were very close to getting things backwards

For Gerard Piqu, playing against Real Madrid is always special. Therefore, also, a defeat against the Madrid team is always more painful than any other rival. Especially, because on this occasion they had in front of an opponent who, on paper, seemed more accessible than on other occasions. The one in the first part, is the worst Madrid I have seen in a long time in the Bernabu. It is not a criticism, everyone has their own, said the Barca center in 'Movistar LaLiga' at the end of the classic played at the Bernabu.

We are exceeded in the classification, it is true that there is a lot of League, but we have lost an opportunity to leave them very touched. In the first part we made a good game, if we had scored some goal the mountain would have been too high to climb it. In the second, however, we lost balls in our field, they felt better, they grew up, the first goal came and I changed the game. It has been a missed opportunity, lament later in the mixed zone.

If we had taken advantage of any of the chances of the first part … In the end they get ahead by an unfortunate play, in which I touch the ball. They are grown, this victory gives them a lot of morals, but we have been very close that it was the other way around, stressed a Piqu who promised them very happy in the first 45 minutes. In the first part we were very well, we had a lot of possession and created many scoring chances, but we could not take advantage of that domain, he said. After the break, however, everything was very different.

In the second, the opposite happened. When you are not reliable in your own field, it is complicated, you lose confidence, physically you are not as fresh and, in the end, you get too behind and any action can cost you a goal, analyze a Piqu specially touched by defeat. Whenever one is lost here one is hurt, we know the importance of the game, beyond the points. Winning was an important step, but football is like that, sometimes you win and sometimes you lose. We have to focus on improving, adding up to three and expecting them to fail in one of the coming matches to get back up, he sentenced.

“I don't think it's a physical issue”

As the game was going, whoever scored the first goal had a lot to gain. It was an unfortunate play, I think he played in Piqu. They seized their moment and we did not. There is still a lot of League, we have to stay with the positive, learn from mistakes and think that there are still many days left, say for your part Sergio Busquets on 'Bara TV'. The midfielder also ruled out that the preparation had something to do with the downturn of the second half.

We are not the most defensive or physical team, but it has been a matter of dynamics. We were better in the first part and they were in the second, I don't think it's a physical issue, he explained.

Quique SetinOn the other hand, he found no explanation for that fact. Incomprehensibly, in the second part we lost a lot of confidence with the ball, we entered a phase of nerves, that emboldened the rival and there was the game. We suffer, and it came 1-0. The sad thing is that even in the worst situations we had one of Braithwaite and another of Messi, which could be the tie. They were strengthened at the mood when they were having a bad time and we could not overcome them, said the technician of Bara, who wanted to leave an open door for hope. It is true that they have the 'goal average', but there are many points, a lot of championship. It is a tough defeat, but we have the ability to overcome, I sentenced.