Gattuso: This is our farewell to fight for the title. I am guilty of everything, the players are nothing to blame …

– A light match to comment. Without the ball good, with the ball ineffective, harmless forward, ”Gattuso said in the press after the game.

Is this a farewell to fight for the title?

– Surely. Already after the last game it was close, and now it’s pretty certain. It is up to us to play as we know until the end, with dignity.

How to prepare a team for Rijeka in this condition?

– We always prepare the same games. Rijeka is hard to win for us this season. It must be an additional motive for us this season. If we play as slowly as today, we will hardly beat anyone.

Are you disappointed with the last quarter of the championship? Practically just a victory against the Slavs … What is the cause?

– We weren’t at the level we played before. The first and main responsible is me. When we were supposed to put in a higher speed, we didn’t. The players are nothing to blame. It was my fault. I am only disappointed with the current situation, I am disappointed with myself, not players.

Mario Carevic also made a comment.

– We have to settle for this point, but in the second half I expected more, that we would be more entrepreneurial in the attack phase, I felt we had enough space. We limited Hajduk in the first half, we were good at the press on their opening of the game, we took a bunch of balls through Tibor Halilovic. I expected more, better energy from the bench players. In the end, we have to settle for a point.

Is your goal this season filled?

– He was still last night. Now we are mathematically safe, when Sibenik lost. So I expected a better match today. In the second half, especially, there was space. Maybe our fatigue has accumulated, it’s the end of the season. Remi is good for us …

Have you been restrained by a spasm of struggle to stay?

– Surely, this staff is much better than what he was showing. We stepped up for the second part of the season, and we were last placed. We made up for the minus. The performance would be much better in some games if we were not last or penultimate all the time. Now we have achieved the goal.

How do you see Hajduk?

– I will not comment on today’s game … It was visible to an emotional discharge after the derby loss. It was Hajduk « alive » to this game, competitive, which is a shift compared to the previous seasons, but, again … I don’t know what to say …

Did President Crnko offer you a new contract, improved, say?

– That’s what you tell him, ha, ha. My automatism extends the contract because we stayed in the league. I have a contract for another year.

Gorica in the next season?

– It depends on goals and ambitions. When you come to the club and you are the last, you have to renovate yourself. It’s not football you want to play. You have to be firm, aggressive, you can’t play beautifully. I want to make a selection of hungry players in the summer, that Gorica is a staircase for something more. When you enter 10 minutes against Hajduk, you have to plow the terrain. For your progress, masters.