De Zerbi: This referee is not worthy of calling the Champions League; Conte lost 2-6 in the Champions League with 10 players

Hupu News on October 23 After losing 1-2 to Sporting CP, Marseille head coach De Zerbi attended the press conference. He was extremely dissatisfied.

"I think even with only 10 men, we were not affected too much. We conceded a dribbling error, but the opponent did not have many other chances. After that, they sent out strong and dynamic players, and even though we only had 5 defenders, we still encountered There were some problems, but even with one player missing, I was very calm. In my opinion, we paid for the referee's mistakes. I don't think the referee was good enough to officiate this type of game. , but overall, he's not ready to officiate a game of this level.

The reason why I chose to replace Greenwood was because they sent off Emerson. We needed 5 people to defend at that time, and between Greenwood and Paixiao, the only person who could take care of both defense and offense at that time was Paixiao.

Last year, when we played against Lyon with 10 men, we played Mason at center and he had a lot of trouble. Even Vermilen, who was great in the first half, I had to take him off and give him more responsibility. "

Why did you replace Vermeulen?

Vermilen is in poor condition right now. With one less player, we had to run more, so I wanted to bring Matt O'Reilly in to avoid losing energy in key moments of the game. I need a more physical player.

Do you regret the missed opportunity before you were sent off? Wasn't that the real turning point of the game?

The first half was one of the best halves since the start of the season. We could have scored more goals. In fact, we missed some opportunities. In the first half I was very satisfied with the performance of my players on this pitch against a team used to playing in the Champions League.

Obviously, the red card changed our plans.

Are you worried that this defeat will interrupt your momentum?

Without a doubt. There are many kinds of failure. The game against Auxerre at the end of August last season gave us different feelings, both in terms of the game situation and our performance.

And our game tonight (Wednesday) must be the opposite. Boost our pride moving forward. So is faith. The battle of Lens awaits us in Boralt on Saturday night and we must regain our strength and morale.

In what areas does your team still need to improve?

In the second half, I want to point out that we only had ten players. In the first half, there was only one team on the field, and that was Marseille! And the opponent is a team familiar with the Champions League. Ten men came on the field and everything changed.

To be honest, the first yellow card was very harsh. I really think the referee's penalty was not worthy of a Champions League game. In the end, Sporting CP's players didn't have many shooting opportunities.

This game was completely different from what we prepared for. We were too far behind. In the second half, we did more to make up for the numerical disadvantage. Maybe I should have played Robinho (Vaz) earlier.

Serie A champion Napoli, who have a great coach (Antonio Conte), lost Tuesday's match with ten men, conceding six goals (2-6, against PSV). This goes to show how difficult it is to play with ten men in the Champions League.