Real Betis head coach, Víctor Sanchez del Amo, has addressed the media after the victory against Malaga CF at La Rosaleda Stadium.

Match analysis: “We are very happy because we got that victory we were looking for in the last few games, and especially away. The truth is what we said in previous weeks, that we believed that the team deserved a better reward for its work. Today we got that price and we’re very happy. We finally could give our fans a victory. We are very happy for them and also for the players, they were eager. Results weren’t coming our way. We had today, again, the disgrace of conceding a goal because we gave it away. We are having problems with those plays but the team showed character and reacted very well. I think we did a pretty good second half and you also have to suffer. Malaga has a very good team and the are in need of points too. The push in the final minutes but I think we deserved to win and even to have scored more goals.”

Change after half time: “The first half can be divided into two different halves, too. I think we were good in the first 20 to 25 minutes. We had chances, we attacked, we were defending well, but Malaga created more danger just because of throw-ins. Luis Hernández can put the ball in the heart of the box from the sideline. Then, after those first 25 minutes, Malaga actually attacked more. Not many chances, and we defended them well. The problem is as soon as we got the ball we were losing it again. Then we practically made their goal, it was a present for them. We made a change at half time and Felipe came off. He has been injured for a long time and it was evident that he wasn’t going to be able to play all the minutes, so we took him off before. We also have 5 games in two weeks, so we need to have all the players fresh.”