ANDhe Valencia coach, José Bordalás, complained about arbitration and the current that remains around the Valenciaafter the match against Levante that ended cwith 1-1 drawAfter his team played with one less for an hour due to the expulsion of Gayá: “I don’t know why they expelled him, I have not seen. Members of the coaching staff have told me that it is a play that is barely appreciated. I can’t comment because I haven’t seen it. That play has marked the development of the match a lot and has limited us at an offensive level in being able to go on the counterattack. We had the result in front of us and they, who needed to score points, have taken a step forward. We have to congratulate the boys because after losing the final last week we showed our faces, although we have not obtained the result that we expected. I congratulate the team and thank the fans for the support they have given”.
Afterwards he was asked for the specific arbitration and has delved into the stigma that Valencia has: “I am not going to assess it, everyone has seen it. When you speak it seems that you are complaining, today there have been decisions that have not benefited us, especially a very clear lack of Maxi in the play prior to the corner that represents the tie. I saw it at 70 meters and the referee did not, it is surprising. I am not complaining about today. I complain about that current against Valencia. The lie spoken against Valencia has become legal tender. Everyone believes what they say about us and it’s not true. And they threaten us… in the 40th minute I saw that they were already talking about yellow cards to Mamardashvili. They called us two incorrect throw-ins for overtaking us when teams usually do it..I complain because they are little things that mark us. AND, not to mention the second yellow card forgiven to Son, the regulation says it clearly: if it is simulated within the area, it is always admonished. I am convinced that in the other area I would have ended up with another less”.
Current against Valencia
“I think the referees are human and seeing everything that is said about us, when a lie is repeated many times people end up believing it. Levante’s coach said at a press conference that we have wasted time… Let go of the Chinese and that’s it. Technicians attack us and it seems that Valencia is the team that proposes the least, that commits fouls… And the referees end up believing it. How can we not be the team with the most yellow cards if for the same foul the rival does not admonish him and we see yellow”.
What to do between now and the end of the season
“Well, what we have done today, fight to get victories. Today he resisted us, we wanted to because we wanted to meet again with the victory. There are still points left and the team is going to continue competing. We know that it is very difficult to climb positions, we have to be realistic, but we have to leave the club as high up as possible”.
Can you ask for more from the team?
“We’re giving everything, I think that’s not lost on anyone. We show our faces, we fight. But we don’t get the results we wanted. We’ll have to consider whether we need more help from the squad”.
Mamardashvili performance
“I don’t know if they are going to raise his clause, those are contractual issues of the club and I don’t know if that has happened. I can tell you that he is at an incredible level acquiring personality and level. We are very happy with him”.
Say goodbye to seventh place
“It’s difficult, but nothing is impossible. There are still points and we don’t depend on us. At the beginning of the championship we aspired to the maximum, from then on when the championship is over we will see if we could have achieved more points, other objectives, etc. We have had many difficulties throughout the year, it’s not justifying myself, but it’s the reality”.
Bryan Gil, substitute
“The players go through better and worse moments. It’s not that he has gone from more to less, but the change of drawing limits him because he is specifically a wing player. He works well and there are still games left and he will have the leading role he’s had since he arrived”.
