Gattuso: We will not look for Alibi, hopefully help the results from Maksimir to stay in the game
Football players Osijek they won Hajduk 2-0 on the oeuvre arena in 32. Round HNL And so for the second time in a row, they « took the scalp » team from the top of the table. Coach of Split Gennaro Gattuso He took responsibility for the new defeat.
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Torcida scattered Hajduk players
– We won’t look for Alibi. We need to be stronger and calmer if we mean to fight for the title of champion. I take responsibility, but play 70 minutes with the player less on this field is difficult. We need to be better if we want to fight for the championship title. I hope we will also have the help of the results from Maksimir to stay in the game.
Hajduk in the attack looks futile, hard to create opportunities, even harder to score?
– This is not the problem of the attacker, but the whole team. We came in 25-30 meters, but we couldn’t score. This is a problem of our quality that we sometimes miss because it should be on every ball. We have players who do not risk, we need a lot more. We struggled with the player less to close the free space, but yes, it lacked risks, not just Rakitic, but to everyone.
Rusin and Livaja?
– It is better at the moment that Rusin is in the attack, so Livaja is pulling back. We have to make more with the wing positions that are behind – said Gattuso, who interpreted the team below.
– Sigur was not 100 percent ready, his shoulder hurts. Putikas is a logical option in such a situation because it is powerful in the jump. We should have played better. I took Bambu out because he had a yellow card, and Kalik replaced Russina because he gets better than him on his lap.
Dynamo and Rijeka?
– I hope Dinamo will win to stay at the division of first place. But I get the impression that the level of football in Croatia has increased. All teams play intrusive football and it is very difficult to win points at the HNL right now.
Are you still optimistic?
– My goal to finish all matches with 11 players first. You know well what are the flaws and backlogs in the Hajduk game and it is unnecessary to talk about it, but to squeeze the teeth and that 11 those who run into the field do their best and play the best match
On the other hand, Simon Rozman was very pleased with the victory of his team.
– It was a nice atmosphere, we could enjoy it. The derby was a commercial, a real derby full of duels, football logic. Very good first half, I enjoyed what we showed. We still don’t have automatisms when we play 11 to 10 to do this top -made. We scored goals when it was important and calmly brought the game to an end even though we made some unformed mistakes. However, when Bukvic tells me, « Boss, all for this team, » then the success is that we have found a team. Here, in the locker room, they were looking forward to as little kids.
– Let’s go in the right direction, we had 15 shots on the goal, people want to watch it. We have not allowed Hajduk too much, we have a base even though not yet plan B and C that we can correct things during the match. The guys are great, they slept in the stadium to understand what the focus is. But if it’s good now and not tomorrow, then I didn’t do anything. If they realized that way, then we will be successful in the long run.
Who will be the champion?
– Who knows can make a lot of money. I don’t really know, I just know the schedule that awaits us.
Osijek and Hajduk met in the 32th round of the SuperSport HNL |
Osijek is seventh with 37 points, while Hajduk is second with 56.
