Manolo Jiménez: “We still need to improve a lot”

“Cádiz really hurt us in the first half and unsettled us”, Jiménez stated. “In my opinion we were the better side in the second half, there are still plenty of things we need to improve on in order to hit the ground running in the league. An error of interpretation led to Cádiz’s goal”, he said.

For Las Palmas’ trainer “Betis go into the final as favourites. Firstly they will have fresher legs because they haven’t had to play a semi-final, and secondly they are in a league above us”.

Manolo Jiménez hinted that “in the final there will be plenty of reserve team players, as we can’t get all the first-teamers back in such a short period time, having played today”. The Seville-born manager is still to decide whether Rubén Castro will feature against his former club.