RAKITIC AND PAPU GÓMEZ SPOKE AFTER ELIMINATION IN THE LAST SIXTEEN OF THE CUP

Iván Rakitic and Papu Gómez offered their thoughts at the end of the cup duel against Betis. The Sevilla captain was disappointed, noting the performance of the team. "I am angry because I think that the team didn't deserve to lose today. They had one shot at goal and they punished us. I am very angry with a lot of things which have clearly gone against us and that should not be. The goal came when we were on top. Now we have to forget everything and ask the fans to see the effort that we put in and tell them that we are going to give it everything in Valencia."

In turn, Papu Gómez, the goal scorer in the first half of the game played on Saturday, noted that it was a spell in the game which was decided by small margins and that now they will recover strongly looking ahead to Wednesday against Valencia CF. "It is painful that such an even game was decided by the small margins. We wanted to give joy to our fans but we couldn't and we now need to turn the page. Everything has felt a bit unreal. Today we thought we were going to be going to train at the training ground and then they told us no, that we would have to play. Everything was done very quickly and we have to congratulate our rival. We have to recover. We are trying to do the best possible in these conditions."