The Qatar coach affirms that his players could be responsible for the premiere in the clear defeat against Ecuador
Fèlix Sánchez felt deeply disappointed by the Qatari premiere before his fans and in his World Cup. “It was a terrible start,” he summed up the calamitous appearance of the team, which conceded three goals in half an hour, although the first was annulled by VAR. The technician admitted that its players accused the nerves and the responsibility of the inauguration before the living forces of the country. “We didn’t know how to handle the game”, he sadly confessed.
The goals from Enner Valencia left unanswered Qatar, to which his coach did not see any virtue. The slight improvement after the break did not even allow him to create a more or less clear goal chance. Sánchez was serious from the beginning and serious and remorseful he continued two hours later when he appeared in the press room. “We lacked balance and when you make mistakes against a team like Ecuadorat this level, you are penalized“, he analyzed.
The unavoidable need for improvement affects all aspects of the game. “We have to be stronger and more compact and play faster“, he summed up when explaining why his team did not even finish off Galíndez’s frame. Sánchez regretted that the team was “far” from its best performance and committed so many “unnecessary mistakes”. But he couldn’t mortify himself any more. “The competition is short and we have to recover very quickly,” she commented.