Los Rojiblancos beat Valencia 0-1 at the Mestalla and booked a UEFA Europa League final to be hosted in http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Athletic-Club-c38535.
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Diego-c11058 Pablo Simeone’s Atletico Madrid piled more misery on Unai Emery’s Valencia. The outfit from Madrid beat Los Che 5-2 on aggregate in their UEFA Europa League semi-final meetings, 0-1 in the affair at the Mestalla.
A dejected Unai Emery claimed after the match that Atletico were the better team and deserved to go through at their expense. He added that they should have hit the back of the net to create a fighting chance for themselves but failed to do so, but went
another goal down for the woe of their fans.
Continuing on the subject, Emery claimed that http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Valencia-c40863 were close to scoring on the night but lacked the finishing touch that is much needed in such pressure conditions.
"They were better and deserved to win," the former Real Sociedad player told reporters after the game. "It was key for us to score a goal and we were not able to do this.”
"We were close to scoring in the first half, but that was not enough. If we had scored, we would have taken the match to our side, but that was not the case.”
Despite the defeat, Emery reckoned that he cannot ask more from the players as they played their hearts out for their beloved Valencianistas.
The 40-year-old admitted that they are seeing the falling curtains due to their horror show at the http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Vicente-c36001 Calderon and added that they will have to finish strongly in La Liga for European action come the 2012/13 campaign.
"I am happy with the fact that we were all together, fans and team, but the first leg played a key role."
"The most important thing now is that Valencia can compete at the highest level in Europe again and for that, La Liga is the way," he said.
For the second time in the 2011/12 campaign, Valencia have dropped out of a cup competition in the semi-final stage. In addition to their defeat at the hands of Atletico, Los Che lost against http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Barcelona-c38604 in the Copa del Rey.
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