"We just tried to play Dovbik in different ways, with no balance in the game" - Michel on Girona's cup defeat

Head coach of "Girona" Michel commented on the defeat of his team from "Mallorca"(2:3) in yesterday's match of the 1/4 finals of the Spanish Cup.

"This defeat shows that we are a team that can lose (this is only the second defeat of "Girona" this season, earlier the team lost only to "Real" in the Spanish championship - ed.). But we haven't lost in almost four months. This defeat, of course, is more painful than the one against Real Madrid in the championship, because we didn't just lose, we were also eliminated from the tournament.

We need to pick our heads up. After all, we are leading in the championship and a good performance there is now our only chance to qualify for the European Cup next season.

The guys should be praised in the context that they tried to save the match until the last second. But if we talk about the quality of the game we showed today, we lacked balance in it - we just tried to play on Dovbik in different ways. The suspension helped us to get more control over the ball and the game in general, but we conceded too often in one-on-one battles.

Well, there are always difficulties. "In the next match, against Celta, we will try to show the best possible game to win, as we have always done this season," said Michel after the match against Mallorca.