Oyarzabal, who arrived in Donostia today, believes that the second goal should have been annulled and recalls that Real suffered a similar error against Granada in 2020
Mikel Oyarzabal spoke after the match, with the runner-up medal around his neck, and was “proud” of the match despite the defeat. And he left a message of ambition for the future. “I try to do well here and also in my club (La Real), so that they continue to select me.” The Eibartarra player stressed that “we played a good game but in two sparks we lost the victory.” Despite this, Oyarzabal added that “we must be proud of what we have done. We have done a good job.
The txuri-urdin player did not bite his tongue to criticize that the referee did not cancel Mbappé’s second goal for offside. “All of us who have played football know that it is offside, sometimes in our favor and sometimes against us. But the one who has put this law has not played football. Eric does not intend to play the ball but to punt. Oyarzabal recalled that the same thing had already happened to him in a play against Granada in Anoeta against Real, at the end of the 2020/21 season, the post-confinement season. Diego Llorente touched the ball while trying to cut a pass to Soldado, who was clearly offside, and the referee ended up giving the goal in the wrong way. La Real lost 2-3 that match although it ended in Europe on the last day. In any case, Oyarzabal insisted that yesterday’s game and match in Spain “is the way and we go with our heads held high.”
Asked if he has already won the title with La Roja, despite the fact that he is sometimes not valued enough, the Real player said that “I don’t know if I have earned it. I try to do my best, and it is important to do well here and also in my club so that they select you. This is the way”.
Luis Enrique, no excuses
For his part, the coach, Luis Enrique, did not want to talk about the controversial play. “I do not talk about the things I do not control,” although he considered that it was out of the game. The Asturian, who has trusted Oyarzabal since he has been in the national team, was satisfied despite the defeat and gave courage to having been runner-up.
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