Badé’s self-criticism: “We have lacked humility”

01/05/2025

Updated at 11:08 a.m.

He Sevilla FC They were eliminated from the Copa del Rey against Almería in the round of 32. A bucket of cold water that dispels the illusion of the Sevillistas this season, in which they only have LaLiga as an incentive. After conceding this 4-1, some of the players showed their faces in front of the fans who traveled to Almería and, later, Loic Badé spoke to the media to sing the ‘mea culpa’.

For the French central defender, the team’s main problem was “lack of effectiveness”: “I think we should have finished the first half with more goals and thus be calmer and in the second half we failed both in attack and defense. We had to finish the first half with 2 or 3 to zero«.

The Frenchman accused the team’s failures in both halves in front of goal: “We have failed a lot, both in attack and defense and that cannot happen.”

Regarding the drop in performance during the second half of the duel, Badé did not mince his words to point out that the key to this problem is a lack of attitude: «For me it is a lack of humility. We have lowered the level. We can’t lower it. “Now we have to learn.”

An idea that the technician also influenced Garcia Pimienta in the post-match press conference: «In the second half we did not live up to what the game required. It is true that in the first we were quite good, with enough situations to score the odd goal and giving a good feeling to the game. In the second, I don’t know if in three or four minutes, they turned the score around. Although there was still a long way to go, we had chances to score some more goals, but we didn’t have that certainty. And with Almería’s third goal, the tie is over.”