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Pape Diop believes Espanyol are having a good season and the team is close to the target
Pape Diop returned to the line-up against one of the powerful teams in the competition. The Senegalese midfielder took the double pivot with Javi Fuego, who saw the fifth yellow card of the cycle and will miss the next match. Despite the loss, Diop is clear that the team still has a lot to say in this league.
"We share identical feelings as those of our supporters. Yesterday was a difficult match, but that does not take away our desire. We started well the first ten minutes, but we found the penalty and San Mamés pushes. After receiving the goal everything turned complicated. In the second half we changed to have more presence in our attack, but we could not achieve it", said the player, who has made it clear that the group relies on their options:" The dressing room is very calm, we know what we want. We went out to try to win, we always compete and yesterday's defeat does not erase our will to keep on adding points ". In this sense, Diop has defended that the season of the team is good. "We are doing a good season, within the objective and competing very well. We went out to win. We did not look down, we look up and that already means to have a good season".
About his participation in the team, Diop has indicated that he is "calm, every time I go out to defend this shirt I do what I have to do. I think I responded well, I sleep very well and the minutes I have I'll try to take advantage of until the end of the competition".