Atlético took the three points from San Mamés despite the fact that Athletic had three clear chances in the final stages of the match to at least score a draw. “When you lose you are not satisfied. Then there are ways to lose. I don’t think we deserved to lose, but it was a question of success and we were not successful. The feeling that we should have come out of the draw, but we will not regret it,” he said Valverde in the press room.
“It was a very contested game, we didn’t play what we wanted, we tried to get to the place and we had a clear situation in the first half, especially with the shot from Williams. Atlético is a very reliable team in duels. We did not take too much risk but our arrival cost more than at other times. We tried and we had chances to equalize but we didn’t reach it”, added the Gasteiz native.
The individual disputes have fallen on the side of the colchoneros: “They are strong in duels, they don’t allow overflow, you have to sweat to pass a line and then they play well. They are a champion team. There were times when we had to defend ourselves, but we didn’t struggle too much, what happened was that their players were accurate at the end. The goalkeeper or a defender stops us on the line. We have to continue.” Txingurri confirmed that Yessucceeded by They lived in the second half, he suffers from muscular overload.
Despite the loss, the coach’s reading was also positive. “I liked the team in general because we didn’t lose face in the game. We put everything on the field in every possible way. It was a long match, I liked the team”, he stated.
“Until now we have always been involved in all the games that we have not won. This is what we want. I wish I could say that we are infallible. It is true that we could have more points, right now, one point or maybe all three. We didn’t give up. Matches here help us grow. We have to make this defeat help us”, he affirmed.
Now it’s time to play on Tuesday at Getafe: “It’s a very intense game. If we want to play in Europe we have to be ready to play every three days”.
More than 48,000 spectators filled the stands of San Mamés today. “It says a lot to me. Connecting with people is important. We don’t have to let it go down, I hope that as much as possible the people were happy”, said Valverde. The coach has finished making sure that he has no worries with just adding a point against Sevilla and Atlético.
Source: La Verdad
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