The coach of Girona FC, Míchel, regretted the defeat (2-3) this Wednesday against Feyenoord but pointed to 15 bad minutes in the first half that cost them dearly for “passing the ball back”, the exact opposite of what he asks of his players and who practiced in the second half to deserve more. “We entered the game very well, perhaps even 1-1. We needed to adjust the pressure better, they changed their idea a little, we were missing a man inside. When we talked in the second half about the aggressiveness that did not we had, it has been very good, in every sense, beyond the error at 2-3, or the unfortunate situation, we have deserved more, football is like that,” he said. The Catalans coach spoke a lot during the press conference in Montilivi about his idea of football, of moving the ball forward. “I’m worried about those 15 minutes, which I don’t like at all, it’s not my idea. We want to control the opponent’s field, go forward. You can’t allow yourself to pass the ball just to pass. We dominated the entire second half, we did many things well to get a positive result,” he lamented. “Bad luck does not exist, starting at 1-1 we have had 15 very bad minutes. We made too many backward passes. Today we do not deserve to lose, we have lost, but I want the performance. 20 bad minutes are not worth it to me, many have made mistakes players. Football is not about passing the ball back, I can’t stand that. I want the opponent to run back. The second half is the way, it has been spectacular. The result is anecdotal in finding out if I am good or bad emotionally. “It doesn’t influence me,” he insisted. Míchel, who also regretted Viktor Tsygankov’s injury, did not want to focus on “forgivable errors” or own goals, but rather on his team’s ball management. “The problem is that we play backwards when we can play forwards. Today I lacked a bit of completion, we use that word, completion side by side. We talked about how they position themselves to go forward,” he said. “I’m not suicidal, I want to win, I want to play forward. We have done it many times. Today in the second half you will not have seen so much risk. We could have some losses. Today we made a mistake in playing too simple backwards. We came out well and from there we have had 15 good minutes, but then we have returned to that slow roll. When the ball ends up in your goalkeeper, it is because you have made three or four passes without intention. The intention for me is to score a goal, all the players do. they know,” he said. Despite the second defeat in two games in the Champions League, Míchel pointed out that he wants to compete with any rival. “My idea of the game is not to give backward passes. Like today in the second half, be more aggressive and vertical, I ask to look at the opponent’s face, whoever the opponent is. Looking at the face is not about turning sideways and throwing it back,” he concluded.
