“The expulsion came when we were better off”

Julen Lopetegui, Sevilla coach, left somewhat upset with what happened in the game against Barcelona.

“A very complicated game, against a great rival, with an extraordinary talent and with a generation of young footballers that is difficult to find, not even signing”, Indicated the Gipuzkoan, who continued giving his opinion of the party.

“We have been suffering a lot for a long time, today with 4 more casualties compared to other games, but when we were better, pressing up and causing losses, the expulsion play has arrived,” he explained referring to the error of Koundé: “He is aware that he has made a mistake, he is 22 years old, he makes a little mistake, but today he has made a mistake. He will grow and learn ”.

Lopetegui insisted on the plague of injuries that has limited his squad. “We have casualties on all lines, on the wings, 3 out of 4, at the ends… Today we had 13 first-team players, but not now, we’ve been like this all month of December. That makes us get mental strength “

The coach confessed that his team came out better after the break. “In the first part we have not done the pressure as we had thought, in the second we did, and when we were better off, the expulsion came”.

Finally, he made a small balance: “The feeling, seeing the difficulties we have had, the work has been extraordinary at all levels. We are halfway there. we have to recover footballers ”.

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