RCD Mallorca B manager Gustavo Siviero looked back on the season so far following our relegation to the Tercera RFEF. Find out what the boss had to say below:
On relegation: It's frustrating. This was not the objective. It was, at the very least, to stay up, knowing that it was going to be a complicated and difficult year and category. We had a practically new team, with a lot of young people, who had to adapt precisely to this pace of competition and this category. Mathematically it was confirmed last weekend, although football-wise the team was alive, fighting, but we didn't manage to achieve our objective.
On a bad run and the position in the table: We were excited every weekend. The boys work very well during the week and we always thought that the next game would give us that first step to get us out of the bottom. Frustrating because the boys competed well, we had the arguments to play the games but not get the result. Going away empty-handed every other week was tough, but it was the reality that we had to face and the truth is that they did it honestly.
On debutants with the first team: That's the main objective: to try to prepare the players in the best way possible so that if the first team considers that they can help them and that they are ready. We must not forget the competition, which is an important aspect of training. Competing, getting used to winning, defending a result, fighting for it... it's been tough in that sense, but in other aspects, we will surely find many positive things to take from this season to continue growing.
On Segunda RFEF: The vast majority of our players have been used to competing in a different context and at a different pace of competition. They've also been used to winning more than losing, that's the reality. We've had to experience the other side of football, where you fight, compete and believe that by playing one way you can get things done, and then go away empty-handed. This will also train them, toughen them up and prepare them better for the future.
On the remainder of the season: Don't let the rhythm slow down, understanding that we are also in the process of training, that all these matches will help us to do so and that we can also be judges of this competition. We have to play against teams that are going to be playing for things and we, out of personal pride and also to dignify the category and the crest we carry, have to compete at 100%.