Gattuso: “45 minutes is not enough, there is a mentality problem”

Gennaro Gattuso He appeared this Friday in the Paterna press room with two clear messages. The first, condolences to Villarreal and his family on the historic death Jose Manuel Llaneza and the second that his squad has a mental problem that leads him to fall behind in the second half. “It’s not a physical problem, it’s a mental problem”, he repeated again and again, giving data provided by programs that analyze the team’s efforts and position on the pitch.

“I’m not just talking about technique, I’m talking about mentality. You have to convince the players that you need to continue. We have not done enough so far, 45 or 50 minutes is not enough. It’s not a problem of a player or two because we are making changes in the games but the mentality. This is not a physical problem. You should always have the same mentality.”he highlighted.

“There’s a lot of difference between the pressure of the first half and the second. (Change it) is the priority. You have to continue with the 95-minute style. I don’t like playing behind in the last 20 or 25 meters, especially in this league that there are many quality players and they will definitely mark you”, he pointed out.

”The pressure is not the same then when he has the ball you have a lot more meters to play in the first place. It’s not easy, I’m very happy with how the team is playing in just three months but we have a duty to improve this problem. Here is the key,” he said.

Regarding Mallorca, he admitted that he has “the same” caution that he had before accepting Elche and drawing. “This is a team that defends itself very well. His trainer is very experienced. This is a team that when they play on the counterattack they have four or five players who are very fast and some are very strong in their heads. It is a well-organized team that knows what it is doing”, he highlighted.