Villarreal
Ceramic Stadium
Very satisfied with your team
“There was a team much superior to the other on the field. Always when you are losing and you tie in the end the draw can make you happy, but I think we deserved to win. The statistics say so. You arrive at a field where they had added 17 points out of 21 and you shoot 17 times on goal to the opponent’s four. Seven between the three suits to three of the rival. We had more possession, many more goals, zero to eight in corners. These are extraordinary numbers playing on this field. With the match being very close, we lost two to zero and we tied. The result did not respond to what was seen at half-time. We congratulate the players for the match and for the superiority demonstrated. An absolutely deserved victory has escaped us. “Everyone played an extraordinary game.”
The penalties
“I haven’t seen any penalties, they caught me far away and there was a commotion. I can’t comment. The bite at the end is the result of the tension of everything. It’s the first time I’ve seen a goalkeeper go to the bench. “Nothing happens, it is the result of tension and we solve it in moments of less tension.”
Gerard Moreno
“The game is not changed by a footballer, it is changed by a team. But we are very satisfied with how it came together. He deserves it because he comes from repeated injuries. Behind every professional there is a person, who enjoys and suffers. The professional plays. And Gerard has had a very bad time, hence the emotion. We are even more happy with the game he played. The important thing is that he can enjoy football and be useful to the team again. His influence was very good in the game. I hope it has the continuity that we all want.”
The first part did not reflect what was seen on the pitch
“I think that in the first half Osasuna dominated on the scoreboard, but I don’t have the feeling that they will dominate us in the game. In specific plays by Bryan and Aimar, but I don’t remember any scoring opportunities. The data says it: they have shot on goal three times and scored two goals. The punishment was enormous. We lacked depth and more threat. In the second it was an overwhelming dominance and their goalkeeper saved several. Only one team deserved the victory. Our second half was magnificent in every way.”
Recover from the many losses
“I said in the preview that the losses were not excuses and that if we worked well we could win in a very difficult field. And what the party has done is corroborate what I thought before. I feel very happy, but I had no doubts, they were not empty words. It is what footballers transmit. It’s a shame that with the game we played we didn’t win. But football is success and the rival had a lot for a result that is not football.”
Senegal
