The Levante coach, Paco López, declared this Friday, after the defeat (2-0) of the Granota team in the Betis field, that “the game was controlled until the 70th minute, but there was a lack of force to stop the play de Fekir “, who opened the scoring after dribbling four rivals.
For López “it is a shame” to leave Seville empty at the end of a match in which “his quality – Fekir's – has made the difference. Then, 2-0 comes immediately and there is no reaction capacity” because Levante has “competed against a great team with people like Canales, Borja Iglesias” or the aforementioned French player.
“We were brave until minute 70, but if we want more, we have to be strong throughout the game. I'm annoyed because in Fekir's play the game is going away, we lacked forcefulness,” the Valencian coach reiterated at a press conference.
Paco López has assured that “the team from the beginning has added chances” and recalled that “in the first leg”, Levante got “4-1, because that day” was “more forceful in the area although today” it has arrived with more clarity”.
The Granota coach has become this Friday the coach who has sat on the bench the most times in the history of Levante (129) but he did not want to refer to that record, since “it is difficult to talk about something personal after the defeat, it is something which takes a back seat “and prefers to focus on” preparing the ten battles that still remain. “