The technician of the Real Valladolid, Sergio González, has recognized this Saturday, after falling to the Atlético de Madrid and consummate the descent to Second division, that he was experiencing “the worst moment” of his coaching career and felt “immense pain”.
“I have always had good times and, even when my Spanish, the situation was very different, because it was not the pain that I have now. It's a duel, because Ronaldo Y Miguel Angel Gomez They trusted me to turn the situation around and I have not succeeded ”, he explained.
“The drama is so great that I am not able to think of anything other than apologizing to the fans,” commented the Catalan coach, who believes that “when a team is relegated, it is by everyone's failure”, although he has clarified that “the largest and most important share” in that guilt, he had.
During these days, as he has confessed, he has “thought a lot” about the season: “we did not start well, but we were able to rebel and 19 points gave some peace of mind. Then there was an important streak in which we should have had better results; the block with Granada, Elche Y Cadiz, in which we did not score points either, but we believed that it was a matter of time before the victories came ”.
Now, in his opinion, “it is time to be united, to fit in, to apologize to the fans, because it has been a very difficult year for them, since they have not been able to come to the stadium, and we have not been up to their standards” , has pointed out.
“We are very sorry. Emotionally, the fans are the protagonists, but we were also involved and convinced that we were going to achieve it. And I would have stepped aside if it hadn't been like that. We are sad and disappointed, because we have put our hearts, heads and legs, but sometimes things don't work out ”, he added.
“I am sure the team will return to First and it will work to do so. His pain is our pain, because our stay here has been very exciting and we had a great feeling of attachment to the entity “, qualified the Catalan coach who, once again, has defended the” constant presence “of Ronaldo in the team .
Regarding where he has failed as a coach, Sergio has said that he has to “assess” what happened and “analyze” it in detail, because he considers that everyone has “grown and improved”, but this year “has not given to achieve the goal , despite having worked piecework ”.
“We have to keep going. Sport is like that. You lose more times than you win and the line between success and failure is very fine. We did not catch that good wave that would have changed everything and we are frustrated, because no one has done their job the way they wanted. The footballers, at the level of commitment, to give their soul and their physique, have given everything, but it has not arrived ”, he clarified.
In this sense, he has admitted that the match against him Athletic “It has been an example of what has happened throughout the season”, with a Real Valladolid that he made “good minutes and got ahead on the scoreboard”, but then he has “ten or fifteen in which nothing comes out.”
Finally, he thanked the squad for their “effort, commitment, and their treatment of the coaching staff” and has been convinced that football will give them the “opportunity to return to the First Division”.