“We have had the clearest chance by far”

Sevilla coach Julen Lopetegui said after the goalless draw against Alavés that they had “the clearest chance by far”, and regretted not having taken advantage of it to get the three points.

The coach explained in the subsequent press conference that playing in Mendizorroza will be “complex for all the teams because each one has their reasons.”

“Within the circumstances we have tried to compete and we have had options”, stressed the coach, who admitted that they could add three points and not add because there were “many alternatives”. However, he assured that they tried to get the three points and will continue fighting to achieve their goal.

“Alavés has not surprised me, we know how they push and they have been the closest team to what Mendilibar is looking for”, said the Gipuzkoan about the rival, who remarked that despite the nine casualties they were close to victory.

“We sensed that Alavés was going to come out like this,” said the Basque, who stated that in some phases the locals prevailed and in others they. “We have had moments to be able to score,” said the coach who valued the game of the youth squad Luismi Cruz and revealed that Acuña’s injury knocked out the plan of placing himself with a line of three in the last minutes.