Luis Castro: he wasn’t happy with Barça result

Levante coach Luis Castro spoke before this Wednesday’s sixth matchday in LaLiga EA Sports against Athletic Club. Despite saying his side showed promise versus Barcelona, he made it clear that the result left him unconvinced.

“I wasn’t happy”

Castro was direct: “After the Barça game I wasn’t happy with the result. I know many people were satisfied with the match we played, but I wasn’t and the players weren’t either,” he said in the build-up (as reported by Mundo Deportivo).

More chances than Barça

He added that, once the game was reviewed, Levante had grounds to have taken a better outcome. “We had more clear chances than Barça, more shots than Barça… no one had done it up to now,” he argued.

Castro also insisted the match is already in the past and the priority is the next round of fixtures: “We were good, but you can’t go looking for points there.”

On the Athletic Club matchup, he highlighted their current momentum—one draw and two matches out of their last three. “Now they’re in a very strong dynamic… They have a lot of individual quality… which gives them some stability,” he said, while stressing Levante can compete when they’re at their best.

Improvement and refereeing

Finally, he said the team still has room to grow and referenced work around the squad, including “fichajes”. He declined to comment on refereeing in the Barça game—“If I talk about the referee I’d have to talk about many things that, for me, were much more serious”—and thanked the Levante supporters, saying the applause after the 2-4 loss at Barça “didn’t surprise” him.