Gennaro Gattuso was stunned after OM’s draw against Shakhtar Donetsk in the first leg of the Europa League play-offs (2-2) this Thursday evening. The Italian technician expressed his dismay at his team’s inability to significantly save the result.
A draw that almost looked like a loss. After leading twice, OM finally conceded a draw this Thursday evening in the first leg of the Europa League play-off (2-2). Just like last Friday in Ligue 1, where they let Metz back level five minutes after scoring (1-1 at the final whistle), Marseille twice conceded only after finding fault.
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“Why can’t we keep the result? I don’t know. I can’t tell you, Gennaro Gattuso cursed after the meeting. In 30 years of experience, I’ve never seen that. That’s my impression. It’s like a photograph of a little season tonight. I saw it. Never seen it. We were talking about playing behind the 3, 4, 5 a few days ago, it’s not a question, it’s hard to get hit mentally when you work hard like that. It has never happened to me as a coach, it could have happened to me as a player but as a coach I can assure you that in over 400 matches on the bench it has never happened to me.”
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“I won’t be able to give you an answer, insisted the Italian technician. And yet we work, we watch videos and we try to improve but you see, when we took advantage, we definitely have five backs to provide this strength. Gone. And then in an action where we defend two against one, we take this goal.
This inability to keep score also irritated Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang. “I’ll tell you honestly: it’s starting to drive you crazy to try, to push the score forward and to concede behind goals,” lamented the former Gunner on the microphone of RMC Sport. It’s the whole team’s fault. I first. I have to be the first to defend like crazy, not wanting to concede goals. We have to hold on to this mentality.”
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