Burcio: "We leave with the feeling that three points slipped away"

Celta midfielder Hugo Burcio felt his side deserved more after losing 2-1 to Union Saint-Gilloise in Europa League, but backed the team to qualify if they maintain their second-half performance.

Celta suffered a 2-1 defeat to Union Saint-Gilloise in their fourth Europa League group-stage match, but midfielder Hugo Burcio insisted the team performed well enough to take something from the game. "We leave feeling frustrated because we played a great match overall, especially in the second half. We dominated them, so we feel like three points slipped away," Burcio said.

Despite the loss, the 23-year-old midfielder, who started in the double pivot alongside Aleix Febas, remained confident about Celta's prospects of advancing to the next phase. "That's the ambition we must have. I'm sure that if we work like we did in the second half, we won't have any problems," he said. Burcio, a former Real Madrid academy player, expressed pride at continuing to accumulate minutes with Celta's first team.