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We did ourselves justice

Machín sees positives in the team’s performance despite the defeat

RCD Espanyol did not manage to get a point at the Santiago Bernabéu. Despite the defeat, the “blanquiazul” coach, Pablo Machín, pointed out that “the reality is that we were not able to get a point, but we had objectives to improve and we achieved a lot of them today. We did ourselves justice and we carried out our game plan respectably. But to trouble Madrid you have to be clinical and we were not. We were better, though”.

The coach said that he knows what he has at his disposal and the situation the team finds itself in: “I’ve got to get the best out of the squad and the players I have are better than it looks like at times. We’ve got to keep going and gaining confidence little by little. But we weren’t as clinical as I would have liked in the box. If you don’t score, it’s normal that they’ll beat you. They penalized us for not being clinical enough”. One of the most controversial moments of the game was Jaime Latre’s decision not to send off Vinicius. “I prefer to concentrate on the tactical aspects of the game. Of course, everyone has their own opinions on refereeing decisions, we would just prefer that they were more consistent. When you’re down at the bottom of the table it’s also because of decisions like these that don’t go your way. If he had had blown for a penalty, no one would have complained. The incident with Vinicius was clearer and more obvious, lots of people will see that and think it could have been a second yellow”.