Marthelino: “We now have double respect for Panathinaikos – Marseille was inferior to the circumstances”

THE Marseille met defeat inside the Avenue by Panathinaikos with 1-0!

The coach of the French team, Marthelino he was not satisfied with the image of his players, while the Spanish coach emphasized that now respects double his team Ivan Jovanovich.

His statements in detail:

How do you judge your bad appearance?

“The truth is that we were inferior and did not do what we wanted in the offensive part. We are a team that is “building”, this is not an excuse but a reality. Now next week at the Velodrome we have to win by two goals.”

How do you judge Kodogbia’s dismissal?

“I think he got the first card early enough, the dismissal was a catalyst in terms of the continuation of the match. We were able to play good defense. Panathinaikos had the chances, they scored the goal, but I could say that we remained quite solid.”

Do you think there can be improvement?

“In the attacking sector we didn’t play well, I only remember one good moment. We will work hard until next Tuesday, we still have six days to prepare and it will be a final for us because if we don’t win 2-0 we won’t qualify for the Champions League.”

Maybe you should have changed Kodogbia sooner?

“It is a medium. You saw how the second yellow came out, if I had known I would have changed him. For thirty minutes we played with one player less but we don’t change a player when he gets a yellow card.”



Marseille remain favourites, will the pressure to continue in the Champions League and Kondobia’s absence play a role in the second leg?

“It doesn’t give me more pressure because I have to think about what we have to do to qualify. We respect Panathinaikos perhaps now and even more. I am optimistic and believe that we will pass”.

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