“Today Oviedo has been better than us”. Without hindrance, the yellow coach thought that his rival was superior to UD However, García Pimienta did not want to stop appreciating the work of his players to achieve a point with one less man for more than a quarter of an hour and resist the great first part of the Asturians.
That’s why I commented that “Oviedo has surpassed us and even so the team has managed to compete like the best. Also, we are not used to playing with one player less and the team has known how to suffer”. And that is why a small string of praise began for those from Cervera. “They have been more generous, they have generated more and they have won us many duels and in set pieces they have created danger for us”, commented the Las Palmas coach.
However, García Pimienta continued that “That is why it is very important that when you are not well, or the rival is better than you, to know how to compete and suffer”. And that was what, in his opinion, Las Palmas did. “We have had a great team attitude. I even remember the last time Florin had one less player”.
Despite the great difference in rest between the two teams, Las Palmas played on Saturday and Oviedo on Wednesday, the coach pulled his manual. “I’ve always said that we’re never going to make excuses and we’ve got a team — plus changes — enough to come for the three points.” Although he did mention that “they have had time to prepare for the game and they have been better than us”.
Finally, the expulsion of Loiodice left him the gesture of a prick in his heart. “We were about to make the change, the game was complicated and it would have been bad to stay with one less player and unfortunately he didn’t have time to change him before they took his second card”.
Do you accept the point?: “Yes, today Oviedo has been very good, more intense than usMaybe they haven’t had many chances to score, but they have competed very well, perhaps better than us. They have had time to prepare for the game and have been better than us. Even so, despite the expulsion, the team has competed very well and has known how to suffer and we scored a very important point for us without having the best game”.
Discord in the previous break between both teams: “It is what marks LaLiga. I have always said that we will never make excuses and we have produced a team —plus the changes— enough to come for the three points. However, today Oviedo has been better than us”.
The team knew how to suffer: “There have been games that we have lost and I have left in quotes satisfied because we had done things at least to take the three points or at least add. I want to watch the game calmly, but Oviedo has surpassed us and even so the team has managed to compete like the best. In addition, we are not used to playing with one less player and the team has known how to suffer ”.
The moral importance of not losing: “Today we have faced an opponent who has been more intense than us, who have been more generous, who have generated more and have won us many duels, who have created danger for us from set pieces, so it is very important that when you are not there well, or the rival is better than you, know how to compete and suffer. The team has had a good attitude and has tied up the males and has said, ‘even though we are with ten, we get one point here’. We have had a great team attitude. I even remember the last time Florin had one less player. And also the team that is not used to defending and has done an excellent job”.
The change of Loiodice was thought before the second card: “It is true that when it is such an intense game and a player who has a yellow card these types of situations can happen. And it is also that Enzo is 21 years old, he is also in training. We were about to make the change, the game was complicated and it would have been bad to have had one less player and unfortunately we didn’t have time to change him before they took the second card. But hey, there has also been a supportive team and Oviedo, who has pushed us a lot, has created few chances compared to the superiority they showed on the pitch”.