2024-01-13 00:57:48
The Marseille coach gave his feelings about the draw conceded by his players this Friday against Strasbourg (1-1).
OM coach Gennaro Gattuso did not want to put his team’s poor result on Friday against Strasbourg (1-1) down to the many absences weighing on the Marseille squad. “It’s easy to say that players are missing but I’m not like that. It’s true that there are a lot of absentees, who could have given us something qualitatively, but I’m not hiding behind that“, explained Gattuso. “Of course, the five changes can make the difference and playing this kind of match with the same team for 90 minutes is difficult. The CAN penalizes us because the matches change after the 70th minute in modern football», added the Italian.
Gattuso made only two changes on Friday, with the additions of Jean Onana when Geoffrey Kondogbia was injured and youngster Noam Mayoka-Tika just before added time. “If we don’t concede this goal in the 92nd minute, we would talk about the match differently“, also judged Gattuso. Already deprived of many players, injured or gone to the CAN, the Italian technician must now deal with the injury of Kondogbia, affected by the hamstring, and the upcoming suspension of Samuel Gigot.
Brazilian full-back Renan Lodi, who did not play on Friday, is also awaiting departure. “There are ongoing discussions. I can’t convince players who have different requests or choices. We didn’t want to take any risks, it was better not to bring him in. I don’t know if it will work or not“, explained Gattuso.
#Gennaro #Gattuso #hide #absences