“It was a very hard-fought match from the first minute to the last,” highlighted the coach of the red and white team. after falling in the Basque derby.
“In the first half we had control. They made us 0-1, but we reacted well. In the second half, they scored the goal for us at the end, they have got it right. Congratulate them and continue,” he added.
Valverde pointed out that, Despite the defeat, he is “satisfied with the team’s many minutes”.
Athletic scored 2-1 as soon as they left the locker room after the break, something that, he said, was “a question of success” and not “a question of intensity.”
About the action that decided the derby, Gorrotxategi’s 3-2 in added time, declared that they have to “accept” that this time it went against them. “Robert (Navarro) was out of the action, but it was a play that could have gone down for either side”he added.
Valverde only made 3 of the 5 possible changes and, in this regard, he explained: “I have not exhausted the changes. Then seeing how Robert finished I don’t know if it was a good decision“But I thought we could win the game with the players we had on the field.”
“I wasn’t on the field, I don’t know what happened. “It was a hot derby, they scored against us in the last minute… the nerves were on edge, but I don’t think it was anything important,” commented on the final tangana between Sancet and Aramburu.
The next challenge for the lions It will be in the Champions League against Newcastle, so they will have to “learn from their mistakes” and “prepare for the game from tomorrow.”