Lille: Lopetegui: “The penalty has made us lose our cool”

Julen Lopetegui, coach of the Sevilla, has openly regretted the result obtained before the Little that complicates the classification for the round of 16 of the Champions League. The Gipuzkoan coach was clear when pointing out that the penalty of Delaney a Bamba it was key and decisive for everything to turn against.

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“The game started well, we managed to score and we were above them, but the penalty has moved us too much, we have lost our calm and we have entered the round trip in which they are good. Then in the second half when they have scored the second we have not been able to recover “, commented the one of Asteasu, who did not want to value the work of the Romanian Kovacs and that play in which the VAR warned him of the slap of Delaney that became a penalty. “I am not going to talk about the refereeing because it would be a mistake on my part. We have to talk about our mistakes to learn and move forward. We cannot hide behind the refereeing. With the second half that we have done I do not want to talk about the referee, I it seems out of place. “

Lopetegui he is aware of the seriousness of the defeat. “We have lost three points, which we needed to win. Qualifying is not impossible, but it is complicated, it forces us to win both games,” he added.

“It was a complex game, we started well, we scored and instead of giving us peace of mind, the possible penalty was played, and then the penalty. A transition game has been put in place, we have lacked control over it. There you have not escaped the game, it has also had the spur of the second goal, and we have been with a lot of nerves and haste. We could not get that goal to tie. We have not had the calm necessary to give the game what it required, with longer possessions and not to break the game. With a tie to one it should have happened, losing was more complicated. In the second half the team has not been well and the head is the coach, “added the former coach.

“The night is bad for everyone”

“In the Champions League, any mistake penalizes you, it is very demanding. A penalty is an important detail. From then on we have not had peace of mind. We have not done what we wanted to have done. The night is bad for everyone, but in football there is We have to get up. We have many reasons to do it with what is coming. We will have to get up, learn and pull forward, “he concluded.