“We should have taken advantage of our options and we didn’t”

Athletic lost to Montilivi after a penalty scored by Stuani during the extension. However, the red and white team had three and did not score on them. They failed Berenguer, Inaki Williams and Ander Herrera. “When the referee was called and went to VAR… We received three penalties. When they call him and in a corner no matter what happens. We should have taken advantage of our options and we didn’t,” he admitted. Valverde in the Montilivi press room.

“There were up to three different pitchers. At the break I told him Iñaki Let him throw it away if there is more. We just won the Cup final on penalties. What do you want me to say, from now on we want to include them all,” he added.

The man from Gasteiz also wants to acknowledge the good things his team has done. “In the first half, we were very good. The second is similar but unspecified. The public has reactivated them and we are more unbalanced in pressure. There was a moment when we were good, but they had fifteen good minutes. When you play outside, you can have a problem. They have taken out Stuani to hang balls, they gave us a penalty and we had the last,” he stated about the shot from First Gómez which was rejected Juanpe after 2-1.

The red and white rest again with a defeat as happened in the previous FIFA window with a 0-1 defeat against Atlético: “Everyone wants to leave these fifteen days with a good feeling, but we have a bad feeling especially because we had a good game together. It’s true that we lacked air, but the team has to learn to take penalties better achieved.”

The coach reiterated the good image his team offers. “We didn’t just compete, but we played to win. It was seen in the first half, but there are moments when you have to know how to play, be competitive. We have a lot of kids who need to know that there are difficult situations and we need to get back on track, but there are ten players (after the expulsion of Walls) we had a tie. Now we are screwed after the nonsense of the match and on top of that we lost a player for the next day. The good thing is to see the face that the team shows,” he said.

Oihan Sancet He was injured in the 1-1 final. “He made a comment like it wasn’t too much for him. Let’s see tomorrow. It doesn’t seem like much, now we have fifteen days, let’s see if we can recover. The other day he played 90 minutes, this is the price of the competition. You think you’re fine, but the fatigue is there,” said his coach.

Aitor Paredes was reprimanded for the seizure Krejci in the penalty play that gave Girona victory and immediately afterwards he received a second yellow card for protesting, as confirmed Valverde: “Now, the referees know that only the captains are responding to them. That is avoided,” said Txingurri.