Juan Carlos Garrido, manager of Villarreal, appeared disappointed about the loss suffered at the Vicente Calderón. “It’s a negative result for us. We were able to put ourselves back together and level, and went into the half with an even match. We came out in the second half with the intention of winning, but the second goal was decisive and the third broke open the game. The two goals were two plays with great finishing by the Atlético de Madrid players,” he stated.

The ‘amarillo’ head coach was self-critical and praised the virtues of the ‘rojiblanco’ squad. “When you don’t when a game it’s because there are things that you can do much better. We had to have been more aggressive in our marking and stronger. We lacked defensive forcefulness and depth on the goals, but we played against a great side with great players,” he finished.