"It has been a complicated match, they are more experienced, already competing in their league. We were ahead the whole match and they equalized with an isolated play", said Koke after the penalty shootout against Sagan Tosu. The midfielder scored the only goal for his team, an Olympic goal. "The balance is positive, little by little the team will find the rhythm, which is the most important thing in all of this".

Chances: "We lacked finishing, their goalkeeper made two or three good saves in the second half and what we missed was the goal. But we ran, we fought, and little by little we will improve our aim".

His goal: "El Cholo asks us, players from the second line, to score goals and little by little we will achieve it". "We have only been training for three weeks and we will improve".

Double pivot in the first half: "Every day I feel better, getting more in rhythm. I play wherever the coach wants to put me. The position doesn't matter to me".