Deck: “The players are dead, but the option to surrender does not exist”

“The players are dead, broken and broken,” Baraja lamented. overwhelmed in the press room of José Zorrilla after losing again in the Liga, this time against a direct rival like Real Valladolid, and be the new bottom of First Division. “But the option to give up doesn’t exist” and that’s why the only thing left for them is to “fight it out in the next game.”

“The analysis is difficult and cruel, because the situation affects us a lot. We are suffering. We apologize for the numbers and what the fans are going through, but we cannot give up and history does not permit us to do so. While I am here, I will try to lift the team,” said Baraja.

“You must have character and courage, because I will believe until the end,” claimed the coach from Valladolid, stressing that “the difference is in the details”, such as the failure of Christian Mosquera with the only goal of the match and ended up giving the victory to Valladolid.

Therefore, he explained that he is trying to “take” his responsibility and if he continues in Valencia it will be because the club already has that confidence, but he stressed that rivals “aren’t so great” to lose so many games.

“Everything starts with that action (with the goal) leading Valladolid. It was a very good action that put us in difficulty and from there Valladolid played well by defending themselves and looking for counter-attacks. You don’t expect it to happen but it happens and in a game where we were trying to find the game, with two points and then we wanted the initiative, we couldn’t.”

For Baraja, they played more “with their hearts than their heads,” but he assured that his players are trying and that “the energy is good.” “You have to know how to be there, show your face, endure criticism and send a message that we are not going to give up,” he concluded.