Marcelino: “We have played a great game”

Marcelino He has been very satisfied with the performance of his team although a little hurt for not having won, something that would have done justice. “I am very satisfied, playing at this level is not easy because Espanyol has proven here to be very difficult to beat and make chances. We have played a great game. You play in the opposite field, you shoot 22 times and have 27 arrivals to the area, very clear occasions, the rival scores a penalty with a component of bad luck on our part, although it does not mean that it is not a penalty … “, he said the Asturian. He then acknowledged that it was a shame “not to have added the three points.”

“When we got to the final stage, I was more concerned about not losing than winning, it was impossible to have done so much and have so little prize. You look stupid when you don’t take advantage of opportunities. We have met an exceptional goalkeeper. Hopefully we will be able to make such a great offensive flow in all the games ”, added the coach in the press room of the RCDE Stadium.

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The coach’s message at halftime was to continue hitting the rival field. “I told them that we had to continue, that if we were able to generate as much as in the first half we would win. I was wrong. The team continued, wanted to win until the end. We had two chances to win the game. This is the way, we have to be very satisfied with what has been demonstrated, but we are a little sad that we did not win, ”he reiterated.

The one from Careñes considers that the great merit of the draw achieved by Espanyol is in his goalkeeper. “Diego made exceptional stops, I remember one to Iker and another to Sancet. Today he got a total repertoire, he was the man of the match. The highest percentage of blame has been Diego. We had a doorman in front of us who looked like three, he was an octopus. In many cases you have to give merit to the rival ”, said the coach.

The massive rotation did not go well in the game against Rayo. Yesterday was a success. “I still think the same, I make decisions to try to be fair, to have most or almost all of the staff involved. We have some overcrowded positions, that leads to Front cover and Petxa have no participation. We believe that it is the best. One of the players who repeated was injured (for Vivian). We have to show confidence in our footballers ”, concluded the Spaniard.