De Marcos was in charge of showing his face after the heavy defeat suffered by Benito Villamarín. The Laguardia full-back explained the dismissal of Nico Williams on the stroke of half-time. “He was angry. He didn’t get the first card because of the foul, he told him that he protested. They were situations to avoid, that conditioned us. Between the two of them it became too much. The magic of football was gone , which is the good thing,” he explained to the DAZN camera. Later in the mixed zone, he added that cheering the referee, done by his teammate after seeing the first yellow, “is a card for everyone.”
“We were not good with the ball. We tried to get out but we couldn’t, we didn’t get to the last third of the field well and it cost us. With the expulsion it became complicated for us. “We didn’t have a good afternoon,” he added.
The team went four games without a win, with two defeats against Valencia and Betis and numerous draws against Cádiz and Almería. “It is clear that our people are stronger, it does not mean that we have to take a step forward. It costs us, to try to achieve the goal we need to be stronger outside,” he admitted.
Now it’s time to think about Thursday, the visit of Atlético that could give us a ticket to the Cup final: “In San Mamés, we look strong, we want to go to the final. It will be very complicated, we have to try not to repeat mistakes today. The game will be very different, we have to think about it now.”
Source: La Verdad
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