BARCELONA, Jan. 22 (SportsFinding) –
The coach of FC Barcelona, Quique Setién, has acknowledged that they have been inaccurate and have not played a good round of 16 of the Copa del Rey final in Can Misses, before a UD Ibiza that stood up and gave “life” despite finishing up (1-2) with two goals from Antoine Griezmann.
“Many times we will not have the fortune to score at the beginning but with the ball at the end we have found spaces and we have had the patience that we did not have at the beginning. We have continued insisting, without the clarity of reaching the top, but it has not been easy. another day we had much more control of everything and not today, and this has given life to Ibiza, “he said at a press conference.
Setién wanted to give a lot of credit to the uncomfortable match of his Barça to Ibiza. “We knew that it was not going to be easy, we had warned in the previous one. What we have talked to the players has been to put them in the real situation that we were going to find and we have not confused even ten centimeters,” he acknowledged.
“The game has been very complicated, very hard, we have been inaccurate and they have been very good, we have complicated the game and have encountered a goal at the beginning, which has made us play more in tow. We have been very imprecise , and they have closed well “, contributed the coach Blaugrana.
The reality for Setién was that Ibiza was “very good” and Barça was not. “We have committed many inaccuracies, it has cost us and we have not been comfortable with the ball. It is something we try to improve, we have talked about it. We have not had control, we have given them facilities such as cons and options to attack us. We have not had the patience and precision we needed, “he lamented.
“It is not easy for the tips today, they have closed well inside. The field has become very fast, we have not been able to make good passes and this is very difficult. When a team closes so well, it costs,” he commented on the little presence in the game, beyond both goals, Griezmann and the null contribution of Carles Pérez, as well as an Ansu Fati who went from less to more.
“I have seen the canteranos well. It has been complicated for them, we knew that the game would not be easy and there had been a lot of contact and difficult situations to solve, there was little space. But I am happy with the work they have done,” he commented on the presence in the team of the squad Carles Pérez, Ansu Fati and Riqui Puig.