El Niño Maravilla marked the opening of the account against Hyères with a subtle Panenka penalty. As such, the adiestrator galo aseguró que la early sustitución del nacional, que abandonó el terreno de juego en el 60′ con una notorie muestra de offuscación, fue netamente por un aspecto táctico: “Tomamos la decisión de cambiar la alineación para controlar el final Match”.
Marseille beat the modest Hyères and qualified for the knockout stages of the Coupe de France. With goals from Alexis Sánchez and Bamba Dieng, the Focense prevailed during their time at the Francis Turcan Stadium, but they didn’t show their best performance.
The victory was comfortable, but because the rival did not offer major difficulties. And of course, the local cast disputes the fourth category of French football, so the differences are natural. Although it did not generate major chances of danger, the Toulouse team managed to make the Olympics uncomfortable, which ended up with one man less at the start after the expulsion of Eric Bailly. The visiting cast was complicated, although they did not give up possession of the ball. They couldn’t generate danger and the anxiety gradually increased, as it would have been a debacle to be knocked out against a lesser team in category and resources.
In this line, coach Igor Tudor spoke about the performance of his students and assured that it was not an easy match. “It was a difficult match to manage, a typical Coupe de France trap match. With the red card, the situation completely changed and we had to press hard for the 90 minutes ”.
The coach spoke of the role of Pape Gueye, a midfielder who, given the need, was used as a central scorer: “We tried, it was not the first time he played in this position . It’s hard to judge with today’s game, it was a strange game to understand because we had to play with one player less. Later we will see if we use him again in this position”.
key victory
Tudor assured that victory is transcendental in the minds of his students:It was very important for the motivation of the team to win this match. We can also learn a little lesson for the future: when you play a match against a lower division club, you have to give everything to avoid finding yourself in a difficult situation. ”.
“We can talk about the quality of the field, it’s the small difference in this type of match. You have to deal with it, it doesn’t help, but you always have to stay focused “, he added about playing in Martigues, precisely, in a room which has a capacity of less than nine thousand spectators, well below what they are used to in Marseille.
Finally, the coach explained Sánchez’s early replacement. El Niño Maravilla, who marked the opening of the account with a subtle Panenka and recalled what happened in the 2015 Copa América final, was replaced at 60′. The Chilean, true to his style, was obscured when he left the field of play prematurely. In this sense, Tudor assured that his departure was clearly due to a tactical aspect to manage the result.
“I had to adapt because there weren’t many players available on the bench. Something had to be invented to be able to score and get the best out of each player . So I played with Sánchez and Bamba up front. We then made the decision to switch to 5-3-1 (with Valentin Rongier in place of Sánchez) to keep the result and control the end of the game. “, he condemned.
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