coach Elche CF, Francisco Rodriguezpretty pissed off at the heavy defeat (3-0) vs. Betis On the first day of LaLiga 2022-2023. The Almeria coach admitted that his team made “unrepeatable mistakes” but wanted to go out to defend their players: “I still trust my team 100% and I’m going to die with him”“.

Frangiverde technician too Defends Enzo RocoDespite the terrible play of the Chilean, who made a very serious mistake on Betis’ first goal by counting on the ball going out of the touchline. “It was a mistake made by Enzo (Roco), but we won’t condemn him for the rest of the season. The rest of the team should have helped as well.”.

Francisco doesn’t want to be a “consequence” due to his defeat at the league premiere and take the opportunity to ask for more autographs: “I’m happy with the squad I have. If something comes up with players who can improve what we have, we will try to sign them, but that doesn’t condition us for the result against Betis.”. Elche’s coach acknowledged that a defender could come in handy. “We have five (Gonzalo Verdú, Diego González, Enzo Roco, Pedro Bigas and John Chetauya)). Gonzalo has had surgery and we’re considering that option, but as long as something helps. Twe won’t do this because we brought a player. Sunday open…”

The team returns to training this Tuesday afternoon to prepare for Monday’s match (21:00 pm), which will play against Almería at the Martínez Valero stadium. The coach from Almería, John’s withdrawal due to punishment and waiting josan “who took blow to soleus in the last minutes and we’ll see how it develops”. He also hopes to save some players who are unable to travel to Seville. Raúl Guti, Pastore or Lucas Boyé. Pol Lirola and Alex Collado They will also train for one more week and will be in better shape to debut. “They barely trained with us and traveled to be with the team,” the coach said of the two new signings.

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Francisco was angry at the referee’s performance against Betis, but he didn’t want it to be an excuse for defeat. Regarding the dismissal of John, “In the weeks before the start of the championship, in our conversations with the referees, they told us that there will be no such clashes.In the end, it was the referee’s interpretation of the power John had at that moment, and if the referee thought it was a foul, it’s red.. We lost the match, not anyone else”, commented the coach from Almería.

Despite this, the coach from Almería thought: Elche “extremely punished”“There were more Betis players who got tickets for yellow cards than we did, and nothing happened”, but he insisted. “We lost the game by two goals because of being expelled and our own mistakes,” he said.