Marcelino He left the Wanda Metropolitano disappointed that he had not been able to scratch a positive result, but happy with the work done by his team. “I am satisfied with the competitive level and sad about the result because the rival has taken one hundred percent of their opportunities. I only remember two shots of Carrasco in the first half and another by the same player in the second, in addition to a goal from Llorente”, Said the Asturian.
“Things can always be done better, football is made up of successes and mistakes. They had a great virtue in the play of the goal, but we had numerical superiority over the players with shots. It is more of their merit ”, he pointed out regarding the goal marked by frames
Llorente.
The Athletic coach considers that it has not been fair that they score that goal with the game they have offered in the first forty-five minutes. “Atlético took advantage of their opportunities very well. It's a shame, you have to think about the things we did well against the leader of the competition. In many phases of the game we were in control and we put our opponents on the ropes. It is a pity not to have reaped a better result based on the merits contracted ”, he acknowledged.
The coach did not want to pronounce on the penalty committed by Nuñez on Luis
Suarez, which perhaps has been a bit rigorous, and neither on the play of the first local goal, which has come outside the extension time granted by Gil
Apple tree. “I did not see the penalty. I don't know if it was or not, but it's true that we could have been more cautious because it was a two-on-one action. And at 1-1 the referee let it continue until Atlético scored a goal. We cannot be aware of situations that we do not dominate. You have to think that we do few things wrong, but those things that we do wrong have to be corrected because they are not costing points in the games.
The Asturian considers that this defeat “in no way is a step backwards”. “But it annoys me not to win or draw, not to achieve a positive result based on what the team has done. When you don't collect the reward you are upset. There are specific situations that must be corrected. The rival has given us two chances, the goal of Llorente and of Carrasco. We had a very good defensive balance, but the rival scored two goals for us ”, he concluded.