Unity in the face of difficulties. This was the message Elche dressing room wanted to give after the 3-0 defeat at Camp Nou, which caused the Franjiverde team to go on a league break as the final classification. Despite the result against Barcelona, much of the Elche team wanted to highlight the stance on the field and the work done after they were outnumbered, such as the first green shooters Francisco sought to try to reverse the current plight. team passes.
Francisco himself was one of the first to highlight the chip change for his team, stating at a press conference that he is optimistic for the near future, which includes the match against Rayo in Vallecas on the first Monday of October. Players about past performances against Villarreal or Athletic.
At the end of the duel played with Barça at Camp Nou, Elche players, who presented their views both on the field and in the mixed zone, followed the same line. Gumbau was one of the most direct. “I just have the word pride,” said the Catalan midfielder after playing 75 minutes to praise his teammates’ attitude.
“A lot has to be given to score points in this stadium and against this type of team. And it was all against us, some unfair and others due to mistakes,” explained Argentine striker Lucas Boyé. “Now we have two weeks that will definitely be a lot of work. You have to clear your head, face the games that come with a different mindset, and start collecting points to get closer to the goal of permanence,” he continued. “This game has given us a lot of good things, like fighting every ball as if it’s the last. We completed 9 with green and white lines, saying, “We showed that we are together and we will fight to make it happen” by playing with a shortcoming.
More or less along the same lines, he expressed the side of Carlos Clerc. “This is always a complex scenario and one more is missing. We tried to be together and united so that they would bring about as few incidents as possible, but that was difficult,” he analyzed. We ran, leaving it to our next-door neighbor,” he added.
Captain Gonzalo Verdú, the main hero of the key move in the 14th minute, which left his team missing one person on the field, apologized when he was about to face Polish Edgar Badia when he saw the red card for grabbing Lewandowski. this situation. “The analysis of the game released is not real because it is a game that conditions everything. “I take my responsibility, but I am proud of the dedication of the team and we must continue to grow from that foundation.”
“We now have two weeks to clear our minds, be as competitive as possible and focus on the Vallecas game,” added the Cartagena player.
discomfort with arbitration
Among the Elche team, there was also the problem of arbitration decisions. The first to do this was precisely one of the shortcomings. Pere Milla filed a complaint on her social networks during the match. “I don’t understand anything,” he tweeted to Verdú after the red. “I repeat: I don’t understand anything,” he wrote shortly after the action in which the people of Elche demanded Kessié’s deportation.
“I don’t know if it’s fair, the ball goes into the gap, there are more defenders behind him… At other moments of the game there were questionable plays that the referee didn’t see or didn’t want. look and we have to fight against that too.” . So I think you should be proud of the dedication of the team because they made a tremendous effort with ten people,” commented Verdú. Gumbau said, “We touch the limit in everything, but we must swallow, shut up and work.” will not be able to sit.