The UD Ibiza was held to a goalless draw this Sunday at the Palladium Can Misses stadium against Villarreal B, in a match corresponding to the 16th round of the First Federation. However, the result was the least important for Miguel Álvarez, coach of the light blue team, who appeared before the media visibly upset by the team’s image during the first half.
“The first half we played is unworthy. I feel bad for the club, for the people at the club, for the fans, for the whole UD family, because they don’t deserve that half. I have been ashamed on the bench, this is unbearable. It hurts me to have played this match”, the coach stated forcefully in the press room.
Álvarez’s analysis was direct and straightforward. The coach thanked the fans for their “patience” and acknowledged that, without the fans’ encouragement, the team would have been defeated.
“If it weren’t for the fans, we would lose this game,” he said.
During halftime, the talk in the locker room was, he acknowledged, “intense,” although he avoided offering details. “The coach and nine players could have been changed. The coach first, eh. But soccer has that little understanding. Because we work very well, we prepare the games,” he confessed.
“We lack soccer.”
The coach regretted that mistakes continue to appear despite the previous preparation: “We work well, we prepare for the games, but we are covering up cracks, one side shows up another, and we have to solve that”.
Alvarez was particularly disappointed by the team’s weak performance without the ball, an aspect that, he claims, had been improved in previous weeks. “We need to be a more balanced team,” he said.
Despite the lack of goals, the team had a few chances, such as a shot against the post by Davo and another clear action by Bebé. But the poor start of the game and the lack of accuracy marked the development of the match.
“We lack soccer, but we have to analyze what is happening, because it is not because of our work. We have to value what it is, but the first half has been undignified by all of us. We have to analyze what is happening,” he insisted.
Next appointment, Alcorcón
The draw leaves UD Ibiza with one more point in the standings, waiting to close the year on December 21 against Alcorcón at the Municipal Santo Domingo stadium.
The team has yet to achieve a clear victory that would endorse the work of the coaching staff and restore the confidence of the fans, who do not hide their disappointment.
