Luis Carrión Critiques Team Performance Against Athletic Club

Luis Carrión expressed critical views regarding his team’s performance, particularly in the second half against Athletic Club. He remarked, “In the second half, we lacked something more—both football and spirit.”

The coach urged his players to step up to confront the current challenges faced by the team. He stated, “We need to be more aggressive with the ball. We are too correct in our play. Athletic Club is the best at pressing, and we must play with more conviction. We can compete with anyone; we need to compensate for our deficiencies with boldness. We do not train to defend with a low block, and we failed to grasp that in the second half.”

In the first 45 minutes, however, Oviedo managed to hold their ground against the red-and-white team and even generated a few scoring opportunities. Carrión noted, “The strategy was the same as in the first half, but we lacked the energy, and there were no solutions either through the middle or with long balls. Perhaps the solution would have been to play more vertically, although that is not what we practice daily. We were not as direct as we needed to be, and that disappointed me.”

Ultimately, the match was decided by a personal effort from Nico Williams, a play that left the blue manager with little to criticize. He commented, “He is a high-level player, and that is the least we can reproach. We were capable of competing and winning, but in the second half, we lacked daring.”