Julio Velzquez appeared at a press conference after Deportivo Alavs’ defeat against Levante, which certified the Albiazul club’s relegation to the second division. The man from Salamanca assured that the match was emotionally overpowering, especially as a result of the tie, and he regretted having lost after having been winning. Velzquez apologized to the fans, and assured that he understood his indignation and frustration, and also commented that it was very difficult for him to find a reason for the development of the match.
match analysis
“Difficult to explain. We had done the most difficult thing, which was to get 0-1. We knew it was a cheat game, because they were not going to give us anything and they were going to give up their lives, but it is not justification. It has hurt us emotional level and we have not had an emotional or football response. There has been a phase that has generated a lot of danger for us, we have tried to have the ball after the draw, taking a risk but looking for alternatives to play in the rival field and prevent They ran. Emotionally we have completely broken down, and it has been wanting and not being able. Anxiety has flooded us, and we have lost a match where we had done the most difficult. We have touched it with our fingers to reach the last day alive, but It is difficult to explain what happened. Apologize to the fans, we have left our lives, but it has not been possible. The example they have made today is extraordinary. Very hurt and frustrated for not having been able to give them a joy”.
Do you understand the outrage of the fans?
“I imagine that being outraged and frustrated, it’s normal. It’s a very painful situation. The players are human and so are the rest. It’s a game of great anxiety and tension. You enter knowing that you don’t depend on yourself, and you don’t enter well, although later we readjusted. Then we do the most difficult, it’s like you have it, and when they draw it’s a setback. It’s not because we don’t want to, it’s because some situations happen to you. Away from home we have given continuity to what has happened during the season “It’s difficult to explain what happened in the second half from an objective perspective, I understand the indignation and frustration. The team wanted to and tried, but the tie has made a big dent in us. The mountain has become very big, you leave spaces , you lose energy… The ball gets bigger and increases the difficulty”.
Approach to speak with the fans after the match
“The team has to apologize to the fans and little else, and as a coach I have to show my face just like the captains. Let people speak, because they are very frustrated, and we understand them perfectly. Thank them for their support.” unconditional support and belief”.
Why has the Alavs descended?
“I can talk about the period since I arrived. We have played seven games, and at home we have been very good, while away we have not. There has been a very bad game, one double-sided, and two where we could have won. The but that I can to put is Vigo and today when they have turned the result over to us. In the rest my feeling with the players has been very good, from the above I don’t know… I don’t know what could have happened. In my period we have tried to believe, and I can only have words of thanks to everyone. They have shown us commitment and receptivity”.
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