the Croatian Ivan Rakiticone of Sevilla’s captains, admitted after the thrashing at home against Barcelona (0-3), which left his team with only one point out of a possible 12, that it was “difficult”, although he assured that the squad has the “highest confidence” in the coach, Julen Lopetegui, to turn the situation around.
“We have the utmost confidence in the coach. The situation is tough, but we know what we have achieved with him. I apologize for the results, but also patience and confidence” to the fans, he declared Rakitic at the foot of the field to Movistar +.
He admits that “the situation is quite complicated”, but he claims the good start of Seville in the match against Barcelona. “We started the game at a fantastic pace. They didn’t know what to do and we had three or four chances, but they marked you 0-1 and 0-2, and it was already complicated,” he said , because “that’s where they make the difference.”
From the Barça attack, the Croatian midfielder highlighted the Pole Robert Lewandowski“a striker capable of giving a pause”, although he stressed that Sevilla “stand up, fight back, and it’s hard to stay like this”.
“It feels unbelievable. We always get there, we have, and that makes the difference because you have to mark what you have, and more so against teams like Barcelona. It’s about scoring goals, not being close,” he lamented.
Rakitic He added that he understands “the anger and concern, but it will be difficult if we don’t get there, if we don’t have it, but we have it, we play at a high speed and we have to do what Barcelona did today: hit the ground running and get into the fight,” he concluded.
Source: La Verdad
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