The relationship between Marcelino and Bordalás is bitter. The verbal confrontations, in the past seasons, between the Asturian coach and his Alicante counterpart have experienced a new episode this Monday, to the point that The recent coach of the Bilbao team missed Getafe's first and early goal and left early to the dressing room so they would not cross.
Marcelino entered when the game was started and could not see the goal that Cucurella scored shortly after starting the match in the new San Mamés, before the first minute of play was completed. In fact, there is an image in which he sees himself asking his assistant and he tells him that the result was already 0-1.
Before the game ended, and with the already defined win (5-1), with a comeback from the Bilbao team included, Marcelino entered the changing room tunnel with the sole objective of not having to throw Bordalás in the face.
It should be remembered that the confrontation between the two coaches reached its peak in the Copa del Rey tie two years ago between Valencia and Getafe, with tangana on the field and tough statements.
Marcelino: “I usually go out tight, I had to go to the bathroom”
Marcelino came out late to not coincide with the Getafe coach, although he justified it: “I usually go out tight, I had to go to the bathroom, in many games I usually go out late, the important thing is what we have done on the field,” he clears.
Five goals against Getafe and Marcelino García Toral, restrained, despite being one of the promoters of the change in the rojiblanco team: “I have not done anything, work. The players are the true protagonists. We can only be grateful to the reception, to the mentality that they have and the affection that they offered us the first day and with results, confidence increases “. He understands that the sample that despite receiving a goal in minute one, “the team overcame, with an extraordinary play with the draw, the penalty made us a bit upset, but the second half was wonderful,” emphasizes the Asturian coach .
Athletic needs to overcome barriers in the League to climb positions, now ninth: “We will be competitive in all tournaments if we are repeatedly competitive in the League. We needed to win and also winning in this way, everything is satisfaction,” says Marcelino, who regrets that it could not be celebrated “with the fans and they feel proud of their team.” Unai Simón regained his confidence, with 14 goals in 5 team matches, all sweet: “I didn't think of such a good performance so fast, but then you get to know the players and you see their quality in training in tight spaces and with speed and for everything is simpler for us, “he reiterates and launches that” improving the second half today is not going to be easy. “
Now, Cup in Alcoyano and League against Barça: “Winning increases everyone's confidence, we can approximate the capacity of each of the players. It has been five years since Getafe conceded 5 goals. We show a very high level, We are satisfied, although if we lower the level we will have difficulties, “says Marcelino, who maintains that Muniain” is being very precise, his right leg is a glove in addition to his very high level “and” we make every set ball dangerous, the opponent feels uncomfortable “. Balenziaga has a puncture in the back of his right thigh and on Raúl García and his renewal, he emphasizes: “I dedicate myself to training and I have enough. The club carries out the conversations it considers appropriate. His numbers say that he is a very important player” .
Bordalás
José Bordalás, Getafe coach, asked by Marcelino: “We have not spoken, it is indifferent to me.” He admitted that the 5-1 against Athletic Club in San Mamés was “a very hard defeat” that “did not fit into the script” of a game in which the defensive errors of his team “penalized a lot” to the azulón team.
“I do not want to detract from Athletic, but on a defensive level we have been very vulnerable, very soft. All the lateral centers have finished them off and they have scored us all five goals in that way. We have been very deficient on a defensive level,” lamented the coach Alicante.
Bordalás added that, after making “a good first half” in which they took the lead at 18 seconds of play with Marc Cucurella's goal, the penalty that Unai Simón stopped Jaime Mata shortly before half an hour, already with 1-1 on the scoreboard, “maybe the script would have changed.”
“But it was not like that. We went 1-1 at halftime and in the second half we were not well. It is not something usual and all the errors have been collected in the same game. It was a forceful and painful defeat and we have to improve in those actions because they have penalized us a lot, “insisted Bordalás.