The tragedy that occurred in the Valencian Community has shocked all of Spain. This has forced the postponement of Valencia-Real Madrid and Villarreal-Rayo, but there are multiple voices in the First Division who believe that it is insufficient. This has been stated by several LaLiga coaches in the press conferences prior to the matches that do continue.
Diego Pablo Simeone has joined the voices of Hansi Flick and Manolo González. The Atlético de Madrid coach said he did not understand why the competition should be maintained given the suffering of thousands of families in the affected area: “It is clear that it makes no sense to play this day. What is happening is something very hard. “It’s exciting to see all the people who went out to the streets to help with a shovel or whatever they could.”
It is clear that there is no point in playing this day. “What is happening is something very hard.”
The Colchonero coach stressed his disagreement with the decision adopted by LaLiga and added: “There are many people who are having a very bad time, it is very sad for everyone, but we are in the place where they tell us to continue and here we are, continuing.”
The Real Sociedad coach, Imanol Alguacil, was also very categorical, making it clear that he was “in favor of having suspended all the matches of the day.” “It has been a terrible tragedy and it has been decided to suspend the matches played in the Valencian Community. What the Valencians are suffering is a maximum tragedy and I would understand if all the games had been suspended,” he highlighted.
“What the Valencians are suffering is a maximum tragedy and I would understand if all the games had been suspended.”
Another voice against maintaining the rest of the day’s matches is José Bordalás, Getafe coach. The man from Alicante stressed that this is “the biggest catastrophe in recent decades”: “These are difficult days for everyone. We are still in shock. We see images, testimonies of all kinds and it is scary. “The day should not have been played.”
Paulo Pezzolano, coach of Valladolid, stated that the country is “hurt and touched” and that, given this, “it is a moment that we could all have been supporting a little more, but it was decided that we had to play.”
The one who disagrees is Manuel Pellegrini, the Betis coach, who believes that “more important than suspending is to quickly provide as much help as possible.”
“In the terrible situation we are experiencing in Spain, the best message is not to stop, except in the affected areas.”
Faced with criticism for the fact that the rest of the day continues to develop normally, the president of LaLiga, Javier Tebas, pointed out in X that “in the terrible situation that we are experiencing in Spain, the best message is not to stop, except the affected areas.” “The best message is to be on the front line in our jobs like all workers in the rest of the sectors, giving visibility, generating resources and explaining to the world that we have to be all hands on deck to get ahead,” he said.
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