The Croatian coach regretted that his team finished fourth in Group D, without even the Europa League. When asked if the players knew the result of the other game, which left them third, he acknowledged that “if there had been a stoppage in play, we could have told them”.
Everything happened really fast. In a fraction of a second, the two Tottenham Hotspur buried all illusion Olympique de Marseille in the Champions League. The 2-1 left them fourth but the tie held them back thirdly, with the possibility of playing the Europa League.
But the French boxers took a risk and lost in this momentum. Eintracht Frankfurt had already beaten Sporting 2-1 in Portugal and the tie left the French Riviera in the second international tournament.
“The last minute was confusing, there was a lot of noise, it cost us the ranking,” admitted the OM coach, the Croatian, bitterly. Igor Tudor .
Asked if the defender Chancel Mbemba scorer of the goal of the Marseillais, was aware of the result which kept his team alive the coach assured that he did not know.
“We weren’t talking about the other result, we wanted the players to stay in the game, because there was so much noise that we couldn’t hear each other. If there had been a stoppage of play, we could have told them, but in this context we could not communicate with them. Tudor explained.
Also, he recognized that “The advice to the players was don’t take any risks and we couldn’t do that. We had a lot of players in attack and it hurt us in the end.”
One of the most affected by the loss was the steering wheel Jonathan Clauss, who confirmed that this blow will greatly affect the mood of the team for the rest of the season.
“We started the second half badly, we pressed less, we were less aggressive. We knew they were dangerous from set pieces, but we realized that too late. What exasperates is this goal at the last second. There are games where, when you can’t win them, you have to know how not to lose them. And that will affect us a lot,” said the former Lensois. .
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Source: Latercera
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