The coach of the Real Sociedad, Imanol SheriffI was satisfied with the home draw against Leipzig (2-2) that his team harvested in the Europa League round of 32 first leg.
“That was the objective, to compete with another style and we have done well with and without the ball because it was not easy to draw here“, summed up after the meeting a realistic coach who declared himself “proud of the team and happy for the fans”.
He did not want to expand on the penalty in favor of the Germans which meant the tie at two, in an action in which Zaldua did not contact the Leipzig player who dropped into the area: “The penalty has been very rare. The referee will have seen it clearly but I do not understand that the one who sees it more calmly does not warn him, “said a txuri urdin coach who preferred to talk about the other football that his team exhibited at the Red Bull Arena.
“Today we wanted to give them the ball and then have it to do things. Everyone has done a great job and it’s a shame because we came close to winning.“said Sheriff.
Alex Isak did not play due to injuryand Orio’s coach explained the reasons for the substitution of the Swedish striker, who “had been noticing discomfort in his hamstrings, he was in pain and it was not the time to take risks”. He does not rule out that he is available for the derby against Athletic Clubalthough he does not know “if he will reach Sunday” at a match that side Diego Rico will miss, injured in the second half, and you have a “small break that will be two weeks minimum“.
Source: Eitb
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