“The ‘is that’ touches my balls; either I condemn or I don’t condemn”

Julen Lopetegui, coach of Sevilla, assessed his team’s defeat in the Cup against Betis: “We are sad to be eliminated from the Cup. In terms of football, it was balanced. We had situations where we lacked clarity in the last pass. Almost without having any chance they scored the second. You have to congratulate the opponent.”

The Basque criticized the accusations of the Betis players. “The first thing is to congratulate Betis for passing to the next round. The second thing is to be clear that the attack that happened does not represent the Betis fans, there are madmen everywhere. But third, in this country we have very fine for many things, in any type of violence. Putting the focus on what you don’t touch is unfortunate. Joan Jordán arrived at the hospital with a blood pressure of 16-13. I find it regrettable that colleagues do what they have done. Jordán is not in the field and the head was not put by him”.

“The ‘is that’ touches my balls; either I condemn or I don’t condemn. I don’t understand why you can play today when the victim is harmed, because he can’t play. There were many possibilities to play other days. Justice in this case does not exist at all.” Julian added.

“We could not have introduced ourselves, I think we were right. If you do not show up you are eliminated and you are not in the following Cups. What does that sound like to you?”, concluded the technician.