Los Che came up short against the Dutch Eredivisie leaders after dominating play for the majority of their UEFA Europa League quarter-final first leg.
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Roberto-Soldado-c31367 and Co. failed to put the match to rest with their numerous chances and now return to the Mestalla with high probability of crashing out of the second-tier European club competition.
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Unai Emery’s men restored parity after the interval with Mehmet Topal on song; however, they failed to convert their authority into more goals.
The Dutch side eventually prevailed as http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Maarten-Martens-c22997 gave his side the lead with the clock striking 79 minutes.
Emery was understandably disappointed with the 2-1 away defeat and voiced his opinions in the post-match conference.
The 40-year-old tactician stated that he is unhappy with the defeat as Valencia deserved to win with their higher quality of football.
Continuing on the topic, he admitted that the away goals can damage their chances in the Europa League but insisted they can overcome the odds with the support of Valencianistas.
However, despite the negative result, the Basque trainer refused to blame the players for the defeat and was happy with the hard work they put on the pitch.
"We deserved to win and we did more positive than negative things," Emery said while talking to media representatives in the post match conference. "But this result leaves us unhappy.”
"We always showed we wanted to win. AZ's goals really damaged us because we did not deserve to concede.”
"This is a bad result, but it gives us hope. Now we have to be optimistic and continue like this: creating more chances than our opponents."
"They gave a good account of themselves.”
"We wanted to win, we could have won, but we were not able to. We have to look at this tie as a goal of ours.”
"If we cannot defeat them at home, it is because we do not deserve to go through."
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Valencia-c40863 return their attention to La Liga as they host cross-town rivals, Levante, in their next La Liga fixture.
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