Terzic believes his side let two points slip away

“My feeling is that we have lost two points,” Terzic said after the match against Osasuna. His side had gone ahead in the 84th minute through Nico Williams, but Osasuna equalised in the 90th. The ending at El Sadar clearly stayed with the coach, who felt his team could have come away with more.

Terzic acknowledged that his side had failed to clear the ball in the move that led to the opposition goal. “A goal does not mean the match is over. We had to fight, and we could not clear that cross,” he explained. He also felt his team had played better after the break and created more chances. “We deserved a better result,” he added.

The coach also criticised his team’s lack of precision at decisive moments. They missed chances and did not get the ball clear before the equaliser. Osasuna, he noted, kept fighting until the end in front of their supporters. Terzic said his side had to take a lesson from the setback: “We have to learn from these mistakes so they do not happen again.”

On the tactical side, he described an approach aimed at finding space between the lines, using Unai to get around the press and then Peio and Gere to accelerate the play. He also referred to a chance involving Iñaki and Robert Navarro, as well as a Sancet goal that was ruled out for offside. Terzic felt his team often reached the final third, but said they needed to make better use of those situations.

The result comes as Terzic is set to lose a significant number of players to their national teams. He said he was not fully satisfied with the situation, while also believing the team was moving in the right direction: it is showing the style of play he wants and has gained stability in its daily work. The coming period should be used to maintain that balance and increase the workload for players who have had less of it. In his words, the team will begin the third phase of the season.