Brighton Assistant Head Coach Andrea Maldera reacts to the disappointing loss against Tottenham
Brighton assistant Head Coach Andrea Maldera reacts to the disappointing loss against Tottenham
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00:00 The voice, sorry.
00:01 Yeah, can you try and keep it as brief as possible,
00:04 just in perspective, Andrea's voice,
00:07 we'll kick off with something for Sundays.
00:09 We do two or three for Sundays and two or three for Mondays and then, yeah.
00:14 Andrea, heartbreaking, especially after your team came closer to scoring following the equaliser.
00:22 Yes, the match was open.
00:25 And I think Tottenham had the good chances in the first part,
00:30 on the second half, the first part they conceded the goal.
00:36 It's good.
00:37 But in the last 25 minutes, we had a lot of chances and we created a lot of chances.
00:44 But this is football.
00:47 We have to accept that we lose the game,
00:53 but we don't lose the quality of the match.
00:55 I think in the first half we could have played better with the ball.
01:02 We lost, sorry.
01:05 Three or four balls in the build-up and we gave Tottenham chances,
01:11 but we knew that the second half, probably, when we can have more space,
01:16 we can have chances.
01:20 And we put on the pitch three strikers, Ansu Fati, Evan and Benicio,
01:26 because we imagined that the second half we can have an opportunity.
01:33 But this is football.
01:36 To concede the goal in the last 10 seconds is very, very tough for us today.
01:40 Hi.
01:43 Ciao, David.
01:45 I'm curious about your interactions with Xherdan.
01:48 Was it clear that he was communicating with you during the half-time or during the game?
01:53 Did he give you any advice before?
01:57 Yes, Roberto was in all-matching contact with us.
02:02 In the first half, not too much, because the match was easy to read.
02:11 But in the half-time, I spoke with him.
02:15 He gave me and the team some suggestions.
02:20 In the second half, the substitution arrived from him,
02:23 because he was watching the match on TV.
02:27 And there was always a communication from the bench to him.
02:33 Also, maybe a little bit of injury from Lampety,
02:38 or from Lallana, for example.
02:41 But the substitution is his idea,
02:45 because he is always in contact with us.
03:05 Yes, to concede a goal 96 minutes away in the transition is very tough.
03:16 But this is our mentality.
03:18 We want to score always the second goal.
03:22 We don't like it if we need to defend this,
03:25 because the other team is better at that moment.
03:28 But we want to score always the second goal.
03:31 We don't want to stay in our half-pitch.
03:36 Yes, we can do better, but I think they scored a very good goal.
03:45 Very good quality, very good transition.
03:47 The last pass, I think Son is a big player.
03:53 They are big players.
03:56 But until that moment, we played a big match with big courage.
04:01 We went with JP to Maddison on the whole pitch.
04:05 We tried to press higher, always.
04:08 And yes, sometimes we can, sometimes it's difficult.
04:12 But we are this.
04:15 We have to accept this, because our team, our style, our identity is this one.
04:22 And we know that we can lose, but we are proud of the players and the match.
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