Lopetegui: “It hurts now, but it should help us learn”

Julen Lopeteguicoach of Seville, tried to draw positive conclusions from the strong correction his team received against Arsenal in the fourth pre-season friendly played by the Andalusians. The 6-0 reflected on the scoreboard, assures the coach that this must be a lesson for his team.

“They beat us at the start. Arsenal are a good team with more pace than us; we made a lot of mistakes early on. It became very difficult in the 19th minute with an unusual 4-0 and you have to make conclusions to continue in the preseason. We want to extend the minutes and tomorrow get another eleven, trying to compete against another difficult team in the Premier. We know that even if it hurts today, it will help us learn from this set-up for the start of LaLiga”, indicated the Gipuzkoan coach.

However, Lopetegui wanted to clarify that the level of English preparation was noticed and became an element of difference, without wanting to make excuses for the landslide received. “They start this Friday, they are now higher than us. You have to draw conclusions within the circumstances and the anger that losing this way gives youbut we have to think about continuing to grow and improve on the first day”, he said in the press conference after the match.

The coach also recalled that with the same result his team defeated a rival from the French first division, Angers, on Wednesday. “The other day we won 6-0 and we were not happy about that either, but about the improvement of the team. Today, we have no injuries, this is the only positive, we felt that we are not ready to start competing and we have to continue working in these two weeks,” he added.

Finally, he remembered the difference in the economic investment of one team and another. “Arsenal paid a lot of money for Manchester City’s very good players. (Gabriel Jesús), which is not easy, and shows that this is a good club in England and in the world, but we are better than what we showed today”.