The coach of Arsenal, the Spaniard Mikel Arteta, highlighted on Tuesday, after they won 1-2 at Sevilla field on the third day of the group stage of the Champions League, that “defeating this team here has a lot merit.”
The Guipuzcoan coach, who took charge of the English team in December 2019, pointed out that “in the Champions League places are important” and that his team had opportunities in the first half to “kill the rival” and then “that with 0 -2 -0 we have to close the game.”
“Their goal came (1-2) and, against a team with this experience, we had to suffer,” said the coach of the London team in the press room of the Ramón Sánchez-Pizjuán stadium.
Mikel Arteta also highlighted the game played by Brazilian Gabriel Jesús, who gave a pass for 0-1 and scored a great goal in 0-2, and commented that “great games are for good players, and Gabriel Jesús is a good player” who has been noticed in the team since his arrival.
The Basque coach was “very happy” with the result and the match “because he also showed the resources to defend when there was a lack of control.”
He also admitted that they have “all the enthusiasm in the world in this competition, but the packaging must be shown. Now a step has been taken, but this team must continue to grow,” he stressed in reference to the aspirations of fighting with the greats of Europe. in the Champions League.
Source: La Verdad
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