Luis Castro: “The penalty changed the game”

Luis Castrocoach of Levantsaid Frenchman Kylian Mbappé’s penalty in Real Madrid’s favor “changed” the game, which his team lost 2-0, and said he regretted not taking advantage of the “first opportunity” to “do more damage mentally”.

“The first half was very good and we were very consistent with what we wanted to do. We had the first good chances, we had three balls in the area and we should have done more damage, we also had two fouls near the area. The penalty changed the game, Real Madrid’s attacking transition was one of the dangerous situations for us, but we lost the ball and they hurt us in the transition. ”He emphasized this at a press conference.

“If we had taken advantage of one of the chances in the first half, it would have damaged us mentally and we could have had more chances to score. But the team was good in transition and in the moments with the ball, but after playing against Madrid and losing in two competitions, everything is in place and it’s a completely different team than in the cup. But I’m very happy with the first half,” he continued.

“We lost at the Bernabéu not because they created 50 chances and we were lucky, but because of one or two small details.”he said.

Luis Castrowanted to see the glass “half full”, despite the fact that Levante have only won one of their last ten matches. “It depends on how you look at it. We’ve won one in 10 games, but we’ve only lost one in the last four, and that was at the Bernabéu. There’s no shame in that. I don’t see the glass as half empty, but half full,” he said.

On the other hand, he was not going to judge the whistle that Brazilian Vinicius Junior received from the Real Madrid fans. “Does he play for Levante? No, I’m not talking about Vinicius.”he answered.