“I'm not going to single out any player, especially when they give everything. Here, when we win, we all win and when we fail, we all fail,” said Imanol Alguacil two weeks ago, after a series of missed opportunities by Umar Sadiq that saw their Copa del Rey semi-final first leg with Real Mallorca. end 0-0. However, it has not been the case of late.
After several frustrating weeks, with Real society failure to score in any of their last five games, Alguacil's outburst against Hamari Traore it was unusual for the Basque coach. He singled out the Senegalese for receiving treatment while his side were defending a corner.
Even before that race, he had also cut the ears of Ander Barrenetxea, saying that “he has to improve a lot more, his standards have dropped”. Meanwhile after the defeat at Osasuna last weekend, Alguacil told the press that centre-back Jon Pacheco “needs to win more duels”, despite a generally solid performance.
Even so, Brand say that I am under the impression that Alguacil spoke with Traore after his comments, assuring him that it is not bigger. His work is not in doubt, and the words of his players suggest that they love and admire him, but there is no doubt that his side has exasperated him in the last month.
