The head coach of Catalonia's "Girona," Michel, commented on the crushing defeat of his team by "Villarreal" (0:5) in yesterday's match of the 2nd round of the Spanish championship.
Michel"Right now, we are not a team. Before this match, I said that I was not worried about the situation in the transfer market, but today I saw that the team was not focused on the game. We did not fight in any of the episodes.
It is very hard to experience the feeling that we are not a team. It felt like you were dead on the field: helplessness, and that is very difficult to accept. I did not expect to feel this way. This is the worst moment of my coaching career. The fans are also having a hard time, as everyone saw that we did not fight at all.
When you do not give it your all, a team at the level of "Villarreal" will crush you. That happened today. We played for pride and respect for the fans, but we did not do our job as we should have. You could say that we are just starting, but to build a team, you need to want it, and we must start wanting it. I have the feeling that we did not want it. "Villarreal" felt very comfortable, and I did not feel that we were in the game. I apologize. We need to realize and acknowledge that in football, you must live with passion and pride, and you cannot think about other things," Michel said at the post-match press conference.
