The French defender of Olympique de Marseille Quintin Merlin He assured that the presence of Marcelino García Toral on the Villarreal bench for this Thursday’s match in the round of 16 of the Europa League will not affect them, despite the fact that he was their coach at the beginning of the season.
“It’s something we don’t talk about, we’re not going to play against Marcelino, we’re going to play against Villarreal. That Marcelino had no further motivation, We want to qualify and for that we have to take advantage in the first leg,” he said.
Merlin recognized that in the arrival of Jean-Louis Gasset on the bench they gained “confidence and serenity”, which translated into three wins in the last three games. “The confidence is here, we are working well, we want to play a good game to come back with confidence,” he said.
“We are all competitors and we try to give our best in every competition. We want to qualify and we will give it our all. They are more used to this competition. They won three years ago, but we have to give everything to qualify,” he said.
“We know that we make mistakes and we are focused on making corrections, especially in defense and also to keep scoring goals,” he said. “It will be a very difficult game, against a team with experience, with an attack that gets goals. It will be a very competitive match. We have to start well and get an advantage,” he said.
Source: La Verdad
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