Zigor Aranalde On The Millers Match

Last updated : 05 November 2006 By Thetashkentterror

Zigor Aranalde
United's Spanish star Zigor Aranalde spoke to BBC Radio Cumbria's Derek Lacey on Saturday evening as he talked about the 1-1 home draw against Rotherham. Aranalde talking about the performance of the referee and the "magic" of the FA Cup :


" My leg is OK today, it wasn't good last week, I got through that though, this week I gave it a good rest for three or four days and started training on Thursday, I felt good and I have nothing to complain about today. It is frustrating when we make chances but don't score, but if we don't win the game then we have to draw it, and I think that most of the time we have got it right. It will come though, if we play like this then we won't draw many games that's for sure.

" The general feeling was that sometimes you get frustrated with the referee and there was one decision in the first-half that I think was a clear penalty and he didn't give it, it's not easy to be a referee though to be honest. At least this one likes to converse with the players and it was nice when he came to talk, which is something to thank, we'd better forget the referee, we had enough chances to win the game without complaining to the referee. We didn't though, we got a draw and I think it's good for us.

" I am personally disappointed because we had chances to win it, but when you can't win the game you have to draw and we got that, so it is something to be happy about. Rotherham are a very good team, they have had a difficult season because they had ten points deducted and were out of it. They have done well and I don't think that they will have any problems in staying in this division, so you have to give credit to a team like Rotherham, they are always a good team and difficult to beat. They proved that today, we couldn't beat them and it was a draw in the end.

" I've played many times in the FA Cup and it is something different, I think in English football overall the atmosphere and fans are different class in all the competitions we play in. It's nothing like any other place in Europe as far as I know, in Spain we have the Kings Cup and it's rubbish, no-one wants to play in that competition. They try to make it like it is in England but they never get it right, the fans don't go to watch the games, when you play in the FA Cup in England then you can fill the ground before you start the game.

" Everybody is lifted like it is a good day but it will be difficult, Swindon are a good team and we are away from home. If we show the same commitment we did today though and the effort we put out on the pitch then we'll be on our game and we'll have many chances to win it, everybody is looking forward to it. "