Coach Martin Lasarte: Real Sociedad Were Not Competitive Against Barcelona

 

Real Sociedad coach Martin Lasarte says his side needed permission to play against Barcelona, as the Catalan giants demolished the newly-promoted side 5-0.

Lasarte admits the team did not believe they could defeat the league leaders, and can only learn from this experience.

"The first thing is to believe that you can do well in football, and we did not believe this," the tactician told Marca after the match. "There is a difference in losing 3-0 to 5-0, but this is all a part of learning.

"At the moment, we are learning a lot, but Real Sociedad still lack some competitiveness, but that will come.

"We are also taking about some world-class players. They make you play hard ball, and apply lots of physical pressure. We almost had to ask for permission in order to play with the ball," he concluded.