Torrecilla in mourning – Valencia Plaza
ALICANTE. The second defeat in a row hurt Ruben Torrecillawho at times passed from anger at the mistakes of his people to the sadness of mourning which they had caused him.
It’s true that the technician Hercules He tried to offer constructive criticism, in his third media appearance in seven days, to show his confidence that his team would correct the mistakes that were plaguing them, especially in defense, but he did so without attacking them in any way.
Lack of concentration and intensity.
“We lacked the concentration and intensity that the game required. The winter championship was not successful for us, I have already said that in this category you cannot relax for a second, because any team can beat you,” he said before the public challenge. his people: “It’s time to get tough, to think about what we’re doing wrong both at home and away. Now we have to see Hercules and its players,” he said, before expressing his desire for “the gap to be as small as possible.” as briefly as possible” and ask fans to “stay close to the team.”
“We have to be competitive again, with high intensity. I warned about the good dynamics of Formentera, that they are a difficult team, the third with the best results in the last ten days. We made rotations and went to victory; tried, tried to play on the opponent’s field, put centers in the penalty area and looked for Kosciabut we didn’t execute the set-pieces very well and they made good use of the few opportunities they had.”
Anger with Mendes
The blue-white coach did not hide his anger at being sent off for a double yellow card Mark Mendez because he conditioned them when his people “already controlled the party.” “You don’t have to see the first yellow, you get confused; and the second one slips away, but because it gives a reason to take the second one, since this ball belongs to the goalkeeper. I think it’s concentration problems, we haven’t been doing that lately.” I have the right”.
Despite all of the above and the negative outcome, Torrecilla was satisfied with the response to the four changes he introduced initially: “The people who came in tried it. We searched Agustin (Cocha) from the penalty area, but he was very well covered and could not score once,” he noted of the Argentine striker, speaking about the winger. Richmond Dapaa He said he saw him “good” and also highlighted his attitude in the match, “in which he was looking for two on one outside” and in training.