First team

LOPETEGUI: "WE WEREN'T ABLE TO RECOVER IN THE SECOND HALF"

02/11/2021

The Basque coach said that "we have to first recover mentally and then physically"

Julen Lopetegui was annoyed after the defeat against Lille and he focused on the team's own errors: "We started well, we scored first against them and then after giving away the penalty we lost our cool. We were not able to recover in the second half once they scored the second. I am not going to talk about the referee but only about our mistakes. We have to learn and look forward - to use the referee as an excuse would be a mistake."

The coach didn't hide from the Navas setback. "Clearly he has an injury, it is a big blow." And now thinking ahead to Sunday: "The preparation for the derby starts now. We have to try to recover first mentally and then physically and get mentally ready looking ahead to a game that we all know what it's about."