Sevilla coach, Quique Sánchez Flores, He said after the draw against Betis that his team “competed well” with Benito Villamarín and that, after the 1-1 score at the start of the second half by youth player Kike Salas, they remained “well in the game , without being overly “overwhelmed” despite the fact that the rival is “pressing”.
“We fought, We stand throughout the game on a complex field. They have good players and, after 1-0 (scored from a penalty by Isco Alarcón), we realized their potential. In those minutes we hesitated, but then we came back well and found the goal with Kike Salas,” the Madrid coach highlighted after the match.
He added that, since then, they suffered “some action on the right where Betis pressed, but we kept the game well against an opponent who pressed,” although “we knew it would be like that.”
Quique lamented the injury in the first quarter of an hour to his striker Isaac Romero, about which he indicated that he could miss the rest of the campaign, because “having a player like him outside the field is always difficult, because he generates goal situations and he is very close to En -Nesyri”, in addition to forcing him to introduce a change as soon as possible “in a very high intensity match”.
As for the development of the derby, he indicated that “There was a massive release of energy”, It felt like “a final against a good team”, he thanked Sevillismo for their support and said that, “despite the penalty” which meant 1-0 for Betis, which “made it a little difficult for them”, the his team has become “with personality” and “always a positive addition”.
Regarding that maximum penalty, for a handball inside the area against Belgian Dodi Lukebakio, the Sevilla coach said they “well the punishment has come”without giving “anything” to Betis, adding that in said action his player “turned around, it’s a strange thing.”
“If they (the referees) understand that this gives us an advantage, we must respect the referee’s decision,” commented Quique, who specified about the system used that, “depending on the lanes” they have, “it looks like a 4-4-2 or a 5-3-2” depending “on the height that the defender gets,” as He Defined that it happens when he lines up Argentine Lucas Ocampos in that position.
He also referred to the refereeing and admitted that he had a “feeling” that “there is a moment where the same foul is for one side and, for the other, it is not”, although he understands the difficulty of the referee’s job and also “what tightens all this and the pressure”, apart from the fact that “They make very quick decisions.”
From the contribution of young Kike Salas, The man from Madrid stressed that he always says and defends that “the youth players of Sevilla” “show and teach them the way”, adding that the player from Morón de la Frontera “It came out at the right time, it gave us consistency, “He recovered a lot of balls and, in addition, he scored a great goal.”
Source: La Verdad
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