Despite the defeat, the Valencia of gattuso He came out strengthened from his fight against Real Madrid. This is what the Valencian coach himself said in a press conference where he made clear the pride he felt in the group at the end of 120 minutes.
“I’m very proud of the team and the game they played. We played with a great mentality and it’s the path we have to take. This has been lack of many times, we have to continue. We are a young team, it has quality… today we did it on the field. We played 120 minutes against a good team”, signaled Gattuso.
team composition
“We have worked a lot, we have run… we always have to be very careful. It’s normal for them to be tired.”
Possibility of winning against Madrid
“I don’t know. I think that we have played tactically with a totally different line-up than in the last four months. We prepared it well. We had chances to score, as well as Madrid. It has been an open game”.
Performance of goalkeepers
“Courtois is one of the five best in the world. I also think that Giorgi has made 3 or 4 saves very well, very well. He’s a great goalkeeper, we haven’t had any luck, we’ve missed two penalties.”
Performance by Fran Perez
“Fran has improved a lot in the last four months. At 105′ he doesn’t have to shoot, he has to give the ball to Cavani alone. He has speed, he has technique… he deserves everything of this”.
Source: La Verdad
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