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Ferran Costa: "We didn't play the game we wanted"

Statements by FC Andorra coach Ferran Costa in the press room at Balaídos after the hard defeat against Celta's second team.

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"We came to play a game against a team that has very talented players, with a lot of ability to associate, who are very dynamic and put a lot of people inside, with a lot of position exchanges and we tried not to let them play so that all this didn't appear and we managed to control the game. And in the first half it was the opposite. We wanted to go after them and take the game more to the duel where we believed that in this physical aspect and being aggressive we would be better, but we didn't achieve it. In the first half they surpassed us, we were very far from where we wanted and we knew that they were a team that, when that happens, makes you feel inferior because they have a lot of playing ability. The best thing about the first half is that we came out alive."

"We recovered at half-time, we regained some order, we were more defensively focused and, when we were closer to having the game where we wanted, we conceded the second goal on a counterattack. We knew that when you go all out to score, with players of such talent they could punish you."

"We deservedly lost because they were better than us. We didn't play the game we wanted and we knew that if that happened they are a team with a lot of talent that could penalize us. We know the team we want to be, today we weren't, we were far away, and when the opponent is better than you you have to accept defeat."

"I'm not surprised because they are players of a very high level, with a great footballing proposal very much in line with the first team, with a lot of dynamism, people with good feet, a lot of mobility... We didn't want this kind of football to be seen. When we planned the match we thought that from a defensive block and being reactive it would be very complicated for us. We need the ball and what we wanted was to recover it quickly with the risk that you assume then, because if you're not adjusted you leave a lot of space".

"It's a day to assume that it's true that we had a complicated match because it's an opponent that if you're not well makes you run and makes the differences bigger that there may be. We didn't want to come here to play a game of defending and being together because I don't think that's what we are and, in the first half, it cost us. In the second half we made a great effort and I think that until 2-0 we were leading the initiative... but what I'm left with is that today we didn't play the match we wanted".

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