Missed chances Alguacil: “That’s football. You can create so many chances in so many different ways – through the middle, out wide, getting to the byline, cutbacks, crosses, shots saved or blocked in front of goal – but when it doesn’t want to go in, it doesn’t want to go in. But I’m encouraged by …
“I think we deserved to win. We played well. In the first half we had some chances but unfortunately we didn’t score. In the second half, after we made the changes, which were also important, we finally managed to score.” “You need to be patient because tonight Monaco waited for us to lose the ball …
Extracts from this press conference with Lyon manager Peter Bosz were originally posted in French on Lyon’s official Twitter accounts. OL down in 10th place in Ligue 1 “At the moment, that’s where we deserve to be. At the start of the season, we played badly and didn’t pick up many points. We performed a …
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Reaction to the win “It’s a great victory, mainly because we’ve made it through to a final and it means we’re one of the best two teams in the competition. Italy’s unbeaten run obviously had to come to an end some time soon because all of them do eventually. Italy have broken a world record …
France-Belgium rivalry “Calling this game a ‘battle’ isn’t a negative term. That’s what it’ll be, physically, tactically and technically. I think Roberto Martínez and I have enough respect for each other and then there’s the players, some of whom play for the same club. Of course, for an hour and a half…there’s a place in …
This press conference was originally streamed on the Real Betis Balompié YouTube channel. The comeback “It’s doubly impressive, first of all taking into account that we were facing one of the big Scottish clubs that normally plays in the Champions League, wins titles every year and has good players, which we all knew before the …
This press conference was originally published in French on staderennais.com. The meeting with the players after Reims: “It was important to see each other the day after the game to do some video analysis and talk about our views of what happened, which can be different sometimes. I wanted to listen to them and go …
This press conference was originally streamed on the Real Betis Balompié YouTube channel. Manuel Pellegrini and Joaquín on EuroBetis Pellegini: “Qualifying for the Europa League was a big achievement last season. This is the start of a competition which is always exciting to be involved in. It’s an added bonus on top of league football, …
