Almeria Coach Emery: We Completed Our Objective

Emery was very pleased with his team’s victory, and considered it to be important because the “objective to win the match was completed,” although his team “didn’t play like he would have liked them to.”


After their hard-worked narrow victory over Depor Emery affirmed that they “had to understand the context of the match, and the tension that was reflected onto the pitch.”


When asked about the performance of rivals Deportivo, Emery told the press he wasn’t surprised with their good level, because he had seen them during “lots of matches, where they were able to win, and where they lost when they deserved better, and this time they played with intensity and pressured a lot.”


“They were difficult rivals, and they created more goal scoring opportunities than Almeria, we have to admit this,” he affirmed.


Emery understands that his team were second best during large moments of the match, but he feels that when evaluating the full ninety minutes they were worthy winners.


“We insisted, and in the last thirty minutes we played better, and we didn’t allow Depor to reach our area with any danger.”


After their vital victory Almeria climbed up to tenth position on the ladder, six points away from the UEFA Cup qualification zone.