García Pimienta: “Incomprehensibly, with the penalty we collapsed”

Regarding this action, Pimienta has acknowledged after the game that He does not understand the reaction of his men: «Conceding five goals, even from a great team like Barcelona, ​​always hurts. Honestly, in the first 20 or 25 minutes what we wanted was happening. Barcelona, ​​with a bit of ball control, but without generating scoring chances. And we created clear chances on the counterattack, like those of Lukebakio. Incomprehensibly, with the penalty play we fell apart. I couldn’t really say why. “With 3-0 at half-time, the game is practically over.”

However, the Sevilla coach acknowledged that, during the second half, his team did not completely lose form, despite being 3-0 down: “We had the intention that, in the second half, at least we would not receive any goal and we were in the game. We were going to have some occasion, for sure. We were a little more vertical and we reached the opponent’s goal, but Barcelona already had the game resolved. We received the fourth goal, we were able to score Stanis’ goal and have some more plays. There were attempts at the opposing goal, perhaps more on our part, but we did not defend the set-piece play well in the fifth goal. In an incomprehensible way, when we conceded the first goal, we collapsed. Which cannot happen, because the game lasts 90 minutes and many things can happen. If we arrived with a tight score in the second half, the game would surely have changed».

Ejuke, injured

Questioned by him physical state of Ejuke, Suso and Pedrosa, who had to leave the field due to discomfort, the Catalan confirmed the Nigerian’s injury and left the other two cases more up in the air: “We have to wait and do tests on them. Clearly, Ejuke is injured; He has noticed a puncture in his ischium, he is going to have an injury, but we do not know exactly the type or duration. Suso, who is more senior, has noticed a slight discomfort in his adductor. He believes it won’t be broken. It is well known and we hope it is nothing. He didn’t want to force himself so as not to get injured. And what happened to Pedrosa seems more like his calf went up, let’s hope it’s simply fatigue.

The only halo of light at night in Montjuic was the Stanis Idumbo. The 19-year-old player made his debut as a scorer with the Sevilla FC jersey and became the youngest player to score against Barcelona: «He is a boy who is in the dynamics of the first team. Unfortunately, he hasn’t played more because I think both Lukebakio and Ejuke have been maintaining a high level. He was prepared, training with us. Last week he went to play with the reserve team to have minutes and be prepared. He came out at a difficult moment in the game because the result was very adverse, but I think he did well. He has been incisive and has been rewarded with the goal. “He is very young, he has to continue improving, but he is in the dynamics of the first team and, as we have seen today, he is prepared to play with us.”