Valverde: "You have to get annoyed and start thinking that we have to come back"

MADRID, 1 Mar. (EUROPA PRESS) -

The Athletic Club coach, Ernesto Valverde, was dissatisfied with his team's defeat (1-0) this Wednesday against Osasuna in the first leg of the Copa del Rey semifinals, while acknowledging that now we have to "get annoyed " and start thinking about the comeback from the second leg.

"In the end we have not been able to control the game because we have not known how to do it or we have not been able to. If they have not done it either, it has been due to our merit. The game has been equalized. They have scored a goal and in the end we have to get annoyed and begin to think that we have to come back," said the coach at a press conference.

The 'Txingurri' analyzed the clash and acknowledged that a goalless draw would have been the "logical" thing to do. "This is a matter of getting it right. In football, that's what counts. We're not going to fool ourselves. It was a match that if we had drawn 0-0 it would be logical. They have hit the only one they have had and we have had a couple of them Perhaps in the end we have had more control, they at the beginning. The result is bad for us", he pointed out.

"Nobody dominated the game. The game was rough and it was difficult for us to control the ball. Because we had a lot of respect for each other, the ball had no owner. There was more uncertainty than chances. They came to us against Abde and then we we have done with the game to try to reach the top. We have arrived but it has not been enough", he added.

The coach of the Basques also spoke about the second leg, although now he prefers to focus on the League. "The favorite is the one who is winning, we have to come back. There's a month left for the game and you don't know what's going to happen. We have to focus on the League and then we'll see how we get there. Until five days ago we had all the team available, but then it changes. This is the Cup. You have to admit everything and try to come back in the second leg", he pointed out.

In addition, Valverde recognized the difficulties his team is having against Osasuna this season, unable to score a goal in the two games they played. "They have been two completely different games, the one in the league and this one. Today there has not been a clear dominator and they have been successful in that play with Abde. We dominated in the league, but we were not able to score. In two games they did not we've scored a goal, we'll see if we're capable of doing it in the second leg," he said.