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"The result is all right"

Quique Sánchez Flores thinks that his team made "a correct match" and points out the difficulty of this type of fixtures

Espanyol achieved a draw in the first leg of the round of 32 of the King's Cup against Alcorcón. Although the manager, Quique Sánchez Flores, recognized that it was not the best match of his team, considers that the result is good. "It's predictable. The player trains well and we are very happy, but the competition is something else and we can not expect them to have the same response as the usual. It was a game with difficult conditions, with an emotionally strong opponent and a field where it is difficult to play because there are few spaces and it is difficult to create chances. The idea was to make a serious game and we made a correct match. I give the result good because they are 180 minutes and the characteristics of the duel will change in our field. We know we have to win, but we leave the tie open with a result that benefits us", he said.

Sánchez Flores has insisted that playing such games is "complicated. It's hard to get out and do everything right. I try to be understanding and there is a space of confidence for the players. We are interested in seeing how those who are not habitual compete. This is a tie and it is not so easy to pass on to players when they are so far from a goal. You have to be cautious and in these eliminations the important thing is to remove the drama".

Quique, lastly, has had a memory for his former player Cléber Santana and the people who died in the plane crash on Tuesday in Colombia. "It's a giant sadness; the accident is a terrible stick. Cléber met him closely, a young guy, good guy and very dignified for this profession that has gone too soon".