The Valencia coach, Rubén Baraja, highlighted after the two-goal draw at Mestalla against Espanyol the importance of the goal scored by Samu Lino in extra time that allowed them to add a point that can be used for permanence.
“It is a goal that has a lot of value for the point it gives us. It has been an afternoon of many emotions. The first part has been very good, one of the best of the season. We have had situations to get ahead before 1-0 and they made it 1-1 in the first one they had. At the start of the second, the 1-2 hit us hard and the team accused it. It has cost us but we have fought until the last minute and I keep the positive. It is a goal that leaves us with our options intact”, stressed the coach.
«Having that faith keeps us alive, at the end of the game we didn’t know if we were saved and we were looking at the situations that could occur the next day, but what we have to do is try to compete as we did today. There is a situation that can occur, if we do not score, which would send us to Second, but we must not lose focus that is our party and go to Seville to certify our permanence, “he concluded.
The captain of Espanyol, Sergi Darder, was very affected by the draw achieved at Mestalla, which means relegation to Second Division and, although he was self-critical of the team’s performance this season, he assured that external things have harmed them, referring to some arbitration decisions. “Today’s game is the reflection of the season. It is difficult to say this after 38 days, because surely we have done many things wrong to get here, but from the maximum self-criticism I think we do not deserve it in this way.
«Again things that do not depend on us harm us. Again », he lamented in statements to Movistar. Darder apologized to the team’s supporters. «We have too big a shield and in many moments we have not represented it. I am the first that is very screwed but we will return ».
2023-05-29 02:00:37
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