Osasuna manager Alessio Lisci has expressed his disappointment that VAR would not intervene to ignore a penalty against his side, while they fell to beat Real Madrid. Lisci noted that his party was forced to adapt considerably for the game, and that El Sadar will probably see something else in their home debut on Sunday against Valencia.
Los Rojillo, however, was not satisfied with one of the most important decisions of the referee, the first is the decision to grant a fine against Juan Cruz.
“I thought it was a clear fine personally, but look carefully at it, you have to analyze whether Mbappe first stepped on Juan or that Juan Mbappé hit his right foot. It seems to me that Mbappe first addicted Juan.
During the incident, Mbappe can be seen who step on Cruz's foot, while the right leg of the defender then makes contact with the other leg of the Frenchman. The official Twitter/X account of Osasuna seemed to question the decision after the game. The Navarrese side was also not happy with the red card for Abel Bretones in stopping time.
About the game itself, Lisci regretted the fact that Osasuna had effectively admitted from the only counterattack of Real Madrid.
'Yes. It was the only counterattack. It's a shame, but ninety minutes without giving up that a counterattack is difficult. It makes me angry because we have adjusted a situation during the break because on the right in the area of Moncayola and Ruben, they easily sink, and during the break, we focused it in the second half. Create less than today because they have made very, very little.
“The team improved after the break. The goal came from a transition, it was not a defensive movement. We were very good at the transitions, they practically never had the chance to meet space.”
In terms of what Positives Osasuna could take in the future, Lisci explained that he was expecting a different match against Los Che this weekend.
“It is a very different game than the rest of La Liga. We had to adjust things, be a little less aggressive, protect our back a little, and we did it well. Next week is Valencia, so we will change things because there are two or three games a year where you have to adjust a lot. We will see how things go. There were some good moments, but they are different games.”
Lisci will certainly have been satisfied with their defensive efforts and the organization that is shown from Osasuna. Last season it as a frequent problem that Los Rojillo suffered from and defended in a similar way, they will have a number of clean sheets this season.