Marcelino affirmed that the team at no time refused to play last night’s match
Villarreal CF head coach Marcelino García Toral appeared before the media at the press conference following the match against Unionistas, where the Submarine bowed out of the Copa del Rey after losing on penalties.
These were the most important statements made by the manager:
The match
“It was strange. It’s the first time something like this has happened to me. Anyone who analyses and reflects can see that when extra time happens, the team in the First Division is the one that benefits the most. So what was the benefit of playing today? We had to stay one more day and we had almost no changes to make today. Whoever said that we didn’t want to play wanted to defame us. Nowadays, people listen to anything and everything without bothering about whether the news is verified. Well, come on, I’ll put it on the networks and that’s it. We wanted the opposite.
“Today there was a good chance that it would have gone to penalties because very little was played. Now we must congratulate Unionistas for qualifying and focus on LALIGA, we have a lot of work ahead of us”.
How the team is doing and where they need to improve
“We are sad and disappointed, but we must think about our next objectives and know that the absence of the Cup will allow us to train more to lay more solid foundations. We need to be more competitive, more forceful and more winning. We have to improve in many areas and we are working on it. We are working to be better every day”.
On Unionistas
“We have to congratulate the home fans because they behaved very well. This new Cup format has been created so that we can give these moments of happiness to teams in a lower division.”
