José Antonio Camacho assured that the difference between the two teams lay in the finishing of the ‘rojiblanco’ strikers. He therefore admitted that “Atlético has a great attack. That was the key to the match. There’s a big difference between the two teams in that facet of play. We had our chances, but we were unable to finish at the opposing goal. I wish Forlán had decided to wake up next week, but he had to do it against us.”

The head coach of Osasuna continued to explain his team’s play and said that “it’s tough to explain the differences between playing at our stadium and playing away from Pamplona. We came out to beat Atlético, but winning at the Vicente Calderón isn’t easy. You have to work hard and be accurate in front of goal. We had our chances at the beginning and at the start of the second half, with six or seven attacks into the opposing area.”

Osasuna was left a man down almost the entire second half due to the sending off of Monreal. Camacho stated that “we knew that we were going to be left a man down. It always happens to us away from Reyno de Navarra. What’s more, I had the substitution ready, but I was unable to do so because of ten seconds and we were left with ten. The red card wasn’t just.”