The Giallorossi boss blames the sodden pitch for his team’s goalless draw against Chievo Verona; explains http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Miralem-Pjanic-c25984 snub for the game
Both teams drew blanks in a dull encounter of matchday 36 at Stadio Marc Antonio Bentegodi on Tuesday, May 1. The result of the game ends the Giallorossi hopes of qualifying for the UEFA Champions league, as they remain six points
behind third-placed, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Napoli-c40003.
Enrique believes that it seemed like the teams were playing a water polo match instead of football. He insisted that both teams tried their best to grind a result from the game, but it did not look possible.
The Spaniard explained that the pitch was the main reason for him dropping Miralem Pjanic from the game, as the midfielder would have picked up an injury.
While talking to the reporters, Enrique said:
“This was not a football match and if anything seemed more like water polo. Both teams did all that was possible to win, but we couldn’t do any more on this surface. Miralem Pjanic is a great player, but he had a few fitness problems
and playing him on this turf would’ve been a big risk.”
The former http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Barcelona-c38604 B coach is under severe criticism for a below par debut season with the capital club, but Enrique has no regrets. He insisted that despite being in a decent position of qualifying for the Champions League,
the inconsistencies of his team hampered their season.
“I have no particular regrets about this season. We know that we were inconsistent with ups and downs, but I don’t think it’s fair to discuss that right now. We always took it one game at a time and always stayed close to certain
positions, but we got a few games wrong and we always admitted that.”
With only two matches left to play in the season, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Roma-c31603 will be looking to end the season on a high by winning the remaining games. They will take on Catania in their next match before facing relegated Cesena on the last day of
the season.
La Maggica are placed 7th in the league table.
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