Diego Martínez: "This is a very painful defeat, it was a very important match"
The Las Palmas coach emphasized: “The fans were amazing, the second goal hurt us a lot. We tried everything until the end, but it just wasn’t to be.”
Speaking to the press after the match against Valencia CF at the Estadio Gran Canaria, Diego Martínez said: “The first half wasn’t good. It was a very tough game for us. Fábio wasn’t fit to play today. We did everything we could, but he couldn’t make it.”
Some of his key statements:
“There are four games left, the team is still alive and hopefully we’ll be more clinical. Today we made mistakes that made the match very difficult. We have to keep fighting — no one here is giving up.”
“We have 32 points and came into this after three good games. We need to be more accurate and confident in certain situations.”
“I want to sincerely thank the fans — they were fantastic supporting the team. We’ll keep fighting until the end, already focused on Friday’s match.”