Marseille, Roberto De Zerbi furious after defeat to Real Madrid: "Shameful"

It was a furious Roberto De Zerbi who appeared in the press conference after his Marseille team’s defeat in the first day of the Champions League against Real Madrid, which won with the final result of 2-1 thanks to a penalty double by Kylian Mbappé.

The Italian coach was not happy with the second penalty awarded to the Blancos.

In particular, the Italian coach did not like the second penalty awarded to the Blancos ten minutes into the match: “It is not justified. It is shameful. And I would have said that even if it had been in our favor”.

“I am disappointed that we could not get a better result. We lost, sure, but I am proud of the team because they played a good game and gave everything on the field – added the’OM coach -. My team has many new players, some were in their second match in less than a week. There were many positive things, but it is not easy to find connections between them right away. We entered the field a little too timidly”.

“After Carvajal’s sending off, we could have taken more risks– he later admitted -. I would have liked to have seen something more, a different attitude, with more courage. But this is September 16, the season lasts until May. We restart with the certainty that these games must become the norm. When we get used to coming to play here, me, the players, the fans, maybe we will have a different impact. I am happy that we play immediately against Paris Saint-Germain (Sunday at 8:45 p.m. in Ligue 1)”.

“The conclusion is that I have a very strong team, which has played below its peak level for several reasons. We will all work in the right direction to take Marseille to a higher level. The team is strong, I like the qualities of my players, I like their mentality, their potential. To know what we will do this year, we need to understand many things: how everything fits together, what level of play we can achieve. We are still far from what I have in mind” De Zerbi concluded.