Victory suffered and for the minimum of Sevilla against Rayo Vallecano (1-0), despite having opportunities to increase the score and play the entire second half with one more player. However, after two defeats in the last few days, the priority was to get the three points, which was emphasized by Xavier García Pimienta from the Sánchez-Pizjuán press room: «After two defeats, the important thing was to return to the path of victory. We knew it was going to be difficult, Rayo is a great team and they have made things difficult for us. The team has played a good game in general terms, except when you get into the last quarter of the game. Rayo had to move forward, he had those nerves and it’s normal. The important thing was to achieve victory. Happy for the fans and for the boys,” he said at first.
Regarding how to achieve victories without suffering like this clash, the Catalan coach was blunt when stating that “effectively”, then adding that “we scored a very good goal, but we had very clear chances. Except for Rayo’s suit, we had Isaac’s situation very clear in the first half, in the second, Lukebakio’s… If we had more effectiveness we would be talking about other results and more comfortable games. Rayo has not had that possibility. Our chances are clear and they are generated.”
He also referred to the need to generate a more fluid game, recalling before that “last week’s game we did not deserve to lose. We had a serious mistake and it means that defeat. We are building a project and it needs its moment. With victories, of course, this is easier. We are left with the last moment of the match, that Rayo is on edge and has to go on the attack, and the pressure can get to you. All the things we have done well, which are many, are easier to perfect with victories.”
Regarding the change of Lukebakio, García Pimienta admitted that “he has had some small inconveniences. He made an effort to play, he was not injured, but he came from the national team. We have taken care of him during the week. There was no injury or risk, but I had a small overload. He played a very good 70 minutes. When Dodi is one hundred percent it is very difficult to replace him. But they are small annoyances, not injuries.” Another proper name was Isaac, who he said “generates many things.” He gives up his life, the fans have recognized him for all his hard work. I’m sure he’s going to score a lot of goals between now and the end of the season. The fans appreciate a player who does not score goals, at the moment, but who does a great job.”
Precisely, the coach also spoke about the fans’ anger at certain moments of the game: «I think we have gone for the secondbut in the last minutes Rayo is 1-0, has one less player and takes a step forward. The fans have been wonderful. When you hear that murmur it is because he wants more and that is going to make us not relax. For me, it is the best fans we have,” he expressed, once again emphasizing that “we have had opportunities to score that second goal, It’s not that we didn’t want to play forward.. It was difficult to enter because Rayo was good defensively. The intention has always been to go for the second goal, but we couldn’t. When the game broke down a bit, we had more of the ball and we had a couple of counterattacks from Juanlu. The problem is that we wanted to, but we couldn’t.”
Finally, regarding the defensive work of his team in this match against Rayo, he considered that “the team has defended well, they have been generous. All this suffering of the players is going to make us grow a lot«.
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