Rioja: "We leave here annoyed that we didn't get the three points" | OneFootball

IMPROVEMENT IN THE GAME

“It was a rough, physical match, and I think Valencia CF gradually absorbed Sevilla's style of play. Sevilla played a physical game, as we saw they would from their starting XI, trying to create a compact, strong, and aggressive unit, both in defence and midfield.

Little by little, although I think we didn't start badly, we gradually absorbed their approach. And in the end, caught up in that momentum, we faded a bit and saw our chances of scoring a third goal and creating danger diminish. We couldn't adapt and find our rhythm in that physical game the match became. I think the team, even though we didn't play as well as we would have liked, have heart, compete, and we managed to secure a point at the end of the match. We even had a couple more chances afterwards to try and push for a different result. We salvaged the point, which was the least the team deserved, given that we were more proactive and I think the only side who wanted to play football. We have to appreciate that, although it's true we're disappointed because we would have liked to have taken all three points.”