Coach Wicky is proud despite the 1:3 against City: Frustrated Garcia: “The VAR no longer worked”

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Man, we did it! On the one hand, Nati’s Ulisses Garcia had to try to stimulate play from the left. His usually high number of crosses was relatively low at four. After all, three of them found an addressee. But the number of tackles was higher at five, as was the number of ground duels won. She was also at five, with a total of seven matches.

Teen Lewis Man of the Match – stress for Garcia

This was also due to the man Garcia often had to play against next to Jérémy Doku: 18-year-old teenager Rico Lewis – officially the Man of the Match! He was very strong indeed, even if he admitted after his second Champions League full-range match: “I could have done better if I conceded the goal. That disappointed me. But mistakes are part of the game and you just have to get over them and move on. I passed. So I gave Erling a chance and could have gotten an assist. Overall I’m happy.”

Garcia was also satisfied, albeit with some reservations: “There is great pride in our good performance against the best team in the world. And about our super fans. We always want to push. At least we don’t have to hide. And after the equalizer we really thought: now we are going to win! We want to win every match. That’s why I’m frustrated that we lost.”

Garcia: “The referees didn’t do a good job”

And something particularly irritated him after this match, which he described as probably the craziest of his career: “That was a clear handball from Grealish in the penalty area! So it was a penalty. But VAR didn’t interfere. I do not understand that. The VAR stopped there. And for the same scene, Alvarez’s goal is taken back. No, the referees didn’t do a good job.”

Akanji walks casually past the journalists

As a consolation there was at least the shirt of defender Josko Gvardiol (21). After the match, the Croatian stood on the sidelines for a few minutes talking to his fans. Extremely sympathetic in times when not a single Manchester City player felt compelled to take a single second of their time for the print journalists (i.e. those who are not the rights holders and pay millions). Manuel Akanji was also one of them and he walked casually past them, despite the fact that the Swiss journalists had been waiting for him for almost an hour.

Wicky proud and disappointed at the same time

However, YB coach Raphael Wicky took his time with the press. ‘We can’t blame ourselves much. In many ways, such as courage, passion and solidarity, you can be proud of what the team has achieved. What’s missing at the end: It wasn’t the perfect game needed to score points against teams like this. That is why we are disappointed with the result.”

Wicky’s half-time balance in the Champions League is satisfactory: “We are in the race to achieve our goal of wintering in Europe. In all three games we were able to keep up with these top teams for a long time.”

The showdown against Red Star is getting closer

And so, after Red Star Belgrade had no chance in Leipzig and also lost 1:3, it is becoming increasingly clear that one date will be that of the great showdown for third place: November 28. If the poster says: YB vs. Red Star. And the Wankdorf Stadium will be even hotter than against City.

Source : Blick