[Sport] Pablo Machín: "We have achieved a point of great merit with an image of a caring and sacrificial team"

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Machín entered the Mendizorroza press room with contained joy after the point achieved against Barcelona in a match in which the Albiazul team took the lead on the scoreboard at the hands of Luis Rioja, after a huge failure by goalkeeper Neto in the first half, and has known to suffer the attacks of the Barcelona team in the second with 10 players after the expulsion of Jota Peleteiro.

The technician thus analyzed what happened in the game rectangle and the point achieved. "I am satisfied with everything we have done, with a very serious approach. We have put ourselves ahead, which is not easy, and when we have been sent off, the team has been very supportive in defense, closing on the inside, and leaving in In any case, space on the wing. We have known how to defend as a team, very close together, without making too much effort in attack that later penalized us.

 

"When we were sent off, the team has been very supportive in defense"
Machin

 

"We have endured the result thanks to everyone's contribution. Fernando Pacheco made some worthwhile stop at the end, and the whole game we have done very seriously. Barcelona has not generated us too many chances, except in the final stretch, which we were in the back ", highlighted the Albiazul coach.

Pablo Machín has not stopped praising the team's work since he sat in the Mendizorroza press room. "We have a point full of merit and full of hope to think that this is the image of the team that we have to have, of solidarity. I am very happy and as I always like to remember our fans, the pity is that we cannot enjoy it. I am sure that it would have encouraged us, if the expulsion had not been given, we could have had the chance to win, although in the end we have also been able to lose as the game took place ".

 

"If the expulsion had not been given, we could have had a chance to win"
Machin

 

"We have a very large squad and there are moments for everyone, I thought and knew that we needed speed to the spaces, and that was going to be given to us by Deyverson, and then we had entered players with refreshment and speed such as Joselu, Borja Sáinz and Lucas Pérez, but with the injury of Ximo Navarro and the expulsion of Jota changes the plan. In the changes we have opted for players with a more defensive profile to get the final point, just as the crash had occurred ", explained the coach Alavesista.

Pablo Machín also valued the preparation of the match from the coaching staff. "This is the job of the coach, trying to make the best approach, sometimes it is truncated and other times like today it works out well.

Before concluding the press appearance, he explained the controversial plays and the criteria adopted by the referee. "Everything that is arbitration criteria we have to assume, the two cards to Jota Peleteiro and the possible penalty to De Jong, it did not seem to me in the direct field. The referees are for that and if the VAR has not entered it is because it will not have been a clear and manifest play ".