Jagoba Arrasate, coach of Mallorca, considered the dismissal of his captain Antonio Raíllo unfair, in a match in which they blamed Celta’s excellent defence.
“I don’t understand the expulsion, for me it’s a yellow card. Raíllo hits it with his hand, perfect, but he’s ahead of Douvikas and it can never be a clear scoring chance. That’s just a yellow card,” said the Basque coach.
For Arrasate, his team had a “good first half,” especially on a defensive level because they “minimized” a rival that made up “a lot” of their stadium, but then they blamed “good goals ” by Hugo Álvarez and they weren’t able to create chances for him in a Celta that defended very well.”
“We made eight changes and I didn’t notice a tired team, on the contrary, I noticed a team with energy. It was not easy to defend Celta and in the first half we did well, I didn’t think we were more inferior to them,” he hinted. .
“In the first half we lacked the bite up front, which we had in the last quarter of an hour with the three or four chances we had. I don’t think we deserved to be behind on the scoreboard at half-time, but sometimes that happens in football. In the second half the team started well but then it was a struggle. They defended themselves well and then it was impossible,” he concluded.
Source: La Verdad
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