Four days was all it took for Francisco to set the alarms and admit that it was time to analyze Elche’s bad start to the season and find solutions. The Franciverde coach was critical of both himself and his team after their massive defeat against Villarreal, he also complained about the scheduling of the season and made sure he wasn’t able to prepare with enough troops.

“Today we faced a team that was way better than us and that showed up on the pitch and on the scoreboard,” Francisco began. “The calendar isn’t as good as we’d like, even if the excuses aren’t worth it. We couldn’t find the way we wanted to find it, ”the man from Almería added in the press room of the Ciutat de València.

The most critical tone started when he was assessing what his team didn’t show compared to last year: “If there’s one thing this team has, it’s character and the motivation to never give up, and I didn’t see it today (yesterday). . We must analyze the reasons. I am ultimately responsible and must analyze all this.

“Everything is worrying: emotion, goals conceded, goals scored,” said the Elche coach. “We didn’t add more than a point against an opponent vying with us for permanence,” says Francisco, detailing that the calendar gives them a head start against their opponents from the top of the table, and the situation changes when it comes to duels against direct opponents.

“The solution is work and time. We had a difficult preparation period. Now more than ever, it’s time to work. Now we lacked the education that hurt us. I will try to save the team that we were two months ago,” admitted the coach of the Elche team, visibly upset by the work dynamics that he had to carry out in July and August.

Francisco believes that the main problem of his team at the moment points to a “psychic” problem and that the situation will improve once the recent signings are combined with the group dynamics. We don’t give what the fans give us. We will continue to fight for them.”

Clerc’s impotence

Carlos Clerc, who replaced Mojica in Franjiverde 11 yesterday, admitted that the team returned home with a “feeling of helplessness”. “We weren’t addicted to the game and we weren’t good on offense,” he said.

Although the side wanted to put a calm point in the situation, they put special emphasis on the lack of offensive skills: “The fourth day is very soon. It is true that things are not going the way we want, but we trust everyone.