Antonio Raíllo, Pablo Maffeo, Sergi Darder and Jagoba Arrasate assess the match against Osasuna.
Antonio Raillo
Reading of the match: We have to see and analyse it, but the team tried to generate and believed in it. In the first division, small details make the difference. They had two or three chances and they managed to turn one of them into a goal, and we were not able to convert any of them.
Forcefulness in the rival area: We lacked a bit of precision when putting crosses into the area and maybe also the final pass and final movement. We didn’t create any, we didn’t have that freshness and accuracy that we had in other games. From there we have to analyse it and continue believing in the idea.
Next match on Tuesday: We have to focus on the next game, there is nothing left. We have to recover, we are playing at home and we have to try to make up for it.
Pablo Maffeo
Match rating: I think the first half was theirs, they had several chances although we had Asano’s. They were better than us but we have to keep going. There are no excuses, this has just started and we have to keep improving.
Lack of forcefulness: We lacked a bit of that, yes. It was a different game to last week but we have to keep going. On Tuesday we have another game and we will go to win.
Chip change: We have to forget about the defeat now. We have to correct our mistakes. As a team, we have to talk about the things we did wrong and also value the things we did well.
Jagoba Arrasate
Reading of the match: Well, it’s a negative reading, when you lose it can’t be any other way. We were uncomfortable in many phases of the game and that goal tipped the balance. From then on we wanted to, we had more pause and more presence in the area but it wasn’t to be.
What the team has lacked: Above all, we lacked more depth and to better move Muriqi. The two centre-backs held him very well and there was space to look for that depth but we did not interpret it well.
There is no time for regrets: When you have a defeat you have to learn quickly, get up and go train tomorrow because on Monday we will be ready for the next match. We will play again with our people and see if we are better so we can get the three points on Tuesday.
Sergi Darder
Match rating: Everything we had analysed and thought could happen has happened. We had our chances, if we had scored Asano’s chance the game would have surely changed. The team does good things but there are things we need to improve. We are growing, we have done good things and we have to stick with that.
The forcefulness in the areas: They end up scoring that goal with a play of three or four rebounds. It’s true that they could have scored another five, but I think that we also had enough chances, or at least clear ones, to be able to score. In these types of games, the penalty areas make the difference. Now it’s time to learn from our mistakes, because in three days we have another game.
