Diego Simeone, Getty Images April 20 2025, 11:52

On the eve of Madrid Athletic, Laspalmas gave way to the Guest match of the thirty-second round of the Spanish Laiga.

“If we had a chance of winning the league, then we had to show the perfect results for this. We didn’t do it today.

We had a good first half, but the goalkeeper did not allow us to go forward. We controlled counterattacks and spaces. In the second half, the game became boring, we could not create what we imagined. The missed ball is an illustration of the second half in our performance.

I have been in the club for 14 years, we will take care and die for what we built. We will continue to look for people who work as we want.

I was not disturbed by the mood of the team in the second half, we just played badly, you had no chance for an associative game. We planned the game and I made changes to find ways, but that didn’t happen. Today the replacements have not worked. This was not a matter of lack of mood – we just played badly.

There were two games in one today. The first half for us was at a good level and with the generation of goals. If you play bad in the second half, you should look for ways to improve. We have always been preparing with the same enthusiasm, we will continue to do so, as in the last 14 years.

In the last segment, we suffered more than at the beginning of the season. This is a very important phase of the game. We need people who can interpret what we need, ” – said the Argentine specialist.

In the next round, Madrid Athletico will take Rayo Vallecano in the derby.