He Athletic he endured a lot of ballast in Old Trafford. Turning a 0-3 was an impossible mission. “The key to the tie was there. That we did not turn any goal at the beginning and in that we lost a player for so long. We brought a very bad result that has conditioned us a lot. We could have come with an adverse but adjusted result and we had been closer, ”he explained Valverde.
The lions approached the miracle with the target Palace And they kept the dream alive until mediated the second half, “but we must bear in mind that the games last ninety minutes and you have to stand up to the end“The technician disliked that last section.” We have had them in the area, pushing to get into the tie with the 0-2 because we had achieved the most difficult thing it was to advance. But The last ten minutes have been very bad, we have been fatal. ”
A 7-1 global to make the gesture to Tle: “We have made three more goals and now It seems that the tie has been a walk when we are inside we know that it has not been so, Neither in the first leg nor in the return. It has been much more matched than the result says and we have to review that ”
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Despite the sinsabor by the KO at the doors of the final, the Mr. valued the route of the Athletic: “We have done a great competition.” With him but that at specific times, “before such strong teams you cannot grant” what the Bilbao team allowed to Manchester United.
“The reality is that for us it is a great success to be able to dispute a semifinal after so much time without Europe. What happens is that when you are here, you want more, you want to be in the final. Now I am with the feeling of the end of the game, but we have made a great competition and it bothers me that for those ten minutes we stayed with a bittersweet feeling. I have that taste that in this tie we could have done much more ”, sentenced Valverde.
Are you afraid to take its toll in the last four days? He acknowledged that all elimination “is painful, but only one wins” and that Athletic He has “important challenges” ahead: “We want to keep the fourth position and play Champions next season. ”Gasteiztarra also explained the situation of Meadowsrelieved shortly after entering: “He has a very strong blow, I think that in the tibia, a deep wound. They will have to test, but it will be complicated. ”
