Marcos Llorente, Atletico Madrid player, spoke after his team's loss in the Copa del Rey final, expressing his disappointment with the team's performance in the first half and emphasizing the need to focus on the upcoming stage.

Llorente said: 'We started the match poorly, we wasted the first half, and in such matches, this makes you suffer a lot. The second half was a different story; we knew how to play it better, and when it comes to penalties, anything can happen, and they won it.'

He continued: 'What we lacked was capitalizing on the opportunities we had. We had some very clear chances, and we should have scored them. In such matches, if you're not effective, you reach penalties, and anything can happen. They started the penalties very well and won them; there's nothing more to it.'

He added: 'There is still the Champions League, and we have a very beautiful match ahead of us. I thank everyone, especially those who came to Seville. We are very upset for them, and we must lift our heads.'

He concluded his statements by saying: 'This is life and this is football, you can't always win, and when you lose, you have another tournament quickly. There's no time to think, we are in pain but we must rise because the best is yet to come.'