Sevilla Coach Manolo Jimenez Not Happy With Performance Against Getafe Pleased To Progress

Posted Thursday, February 11, 2010 by Goal.com

The Andalusian's survived a scare to progress of the final of the Copa...

Sevilla coach Manolo Jimenez has declared that he was not happy with his sides performance but noted that he was glad to have reached the Copa del Rey final after a 2-1 aggregate victory over Getafe.

Los Nervionenses lead by two goals going into the second leg at the Alfonso Perez Coliseum but were made to sweat after a second half Roberto Soldado header gave Geta a lifeline.

"I'm going to savour the final, but I'm still not happy with the game. We wanted to be higher up the field and we were not, Getafe has played a great game. We have failed to do what we wanted. We played with fire, we learned to suffer and we had a very bad game," he told a press conference after the game.

Jimenez also defended his actions and disputed the decision of referee Iturralde Gonzalez who sent him to the stands for protesting at the match official's failure to dismiss Derek Boateng for use of an elbow.

"All I said was 'Itu red' and expelled me. He's in charge, but that doesn't warrant getting sent off. Yes there has been much commotion on the bench and I am the head of that and he's sent me off. I don't think there will be a sanction because that's all I said," he commented.