Francisco Javier García Pimienta, coach of Las Palmas, addressed the media after his team’s 5-0 defeat at the Metropolitano against Atlético.
The winner
“This is the difference between one team and another. The pressure at the top of Atlético paid off because of our mistakes. Despite this, the team kept working hard. At 2-0 we were close to 2-1 . At the start of the first half it was 3-0. They were much superior. This result was the real difference between one team and another.”
feeling of the locker room
“Very broken. We could lose against Atleti, today we are not good with the ball at our feet. He hasn’t lost duels because he hasn’t. There are mistakes. When you err too close to your goal, these things happen. “Now we have to think about the next game against Osasuna.”
Keys to defeat
“We have to be realistic, we didn’t do well. Atlético are far superior. If we are not 100% focused we are a very normal team. We must build on everything we have done well this season. “You have to think about the mistakes and correct them so they don’t happen again.”
Difference between the two teams.
“If you look at the players of Atlético and us, I don’t think there is a difference in the five goals, but there is a superiority. The high and intense pressure at the top made us make mistakes at the top.”
Fan support
“The most important thing is the fans. They are the best. Wherever the team goes, we always have people supporting us. There is a yellow zone now, but everywhere you look there are people in yellow.”
Atlético’s strategy
“Atlético don’t need to look behind them for the mistakes we made when releasing the ball. Now there is no need to look for balls behind us because of our mistakes in releasing the ball.
Concern about the result
“I’m not worried, if it happened many times, yes. Now it’s our turn here. You have to put all your feelings into what happened. We are a team that takes a lot of risks, but we only scored 20 goals. “They scored five goals against us.”
Source: La Verdad
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