Diego Martinez, coach of the grenade, believes that the 0-2 defeat suffered this Thursday by his team against the Manchester United, in the first leg of the quarterfinals of the Europa League, it is “a lot of punishment for what was seen on the pitch”.
“Despite the astronomical differences between the two teams, we have matched it in the green, but we have not been right with our options and they have.“, declared after the game in Movistar the coach of the grenade.
“The result is a lot of punishment for what was seen on the pitch“added Diego, who acknowledged that the final goal by Portuguese Bruno Fernandes from a penalty” hurts a lot. “On that rigorous penalty, he limited himself to saying that” if at Old Trafford the play is the other way around, “he hopes it will also be signaled.
Around 0-1, he commented that he arrived in the action that they had “more controlled” but that “the error is penalized against those teams.” “We have hardly ever given them space to run and it was a good match in relation to the match plan.. Little by little we got loose and there were occasions in both halves, we tried, too bad we didn't score, “he added.
The coach recalled that they faced “a brutal team” and insisted that the match was “more even than the score reflects.” “We are going to go to the second leg to compete, to do our best. We enjoyed how he stood up and the goal on the lap is to compete. We know it is very difficult but we are going to do our best, “he said.