Marco Giampaolo instructed Lecce he was ‘happy with them and so they by no means gave up’ when all the way down to 10 males in opposition to Lazio. ‘They deserved to come back away with one thing.’
Even when leaving the sphere after , the Salentini have been nonetheless applauded by their followers for the heroic effort that just about snatched an equaliser in stoppages.
They have been all the way down to 10 males for the complete second half, as Frederic Guilbert instinctively tried to clear off the road along with his arm, resulting in a purple card and Taty Castellanos penalty.
Regardless of that, Tete Morente snatched an equaliser and when Adam Marusic volleyed in on the 87th minute, Lecce nonetheless got here shut to some extent with Mohamed Kaba’s header off the bar.
Giampaolo praises plucky Lecce
“I believe this type of efficiency all the way down to 10 males in opposition to such a powerful opponent needs to be rewarded with a outcome. If you don’t get that outcome, it hurts much more. I instructed the lads that I’m happy with them, they by no means gave up and sadly that is soccer,”
“We ready the match to at occasions press excessive, at others sit deeper, however then we went all the way down to 10 males and the danger is you sit too deep or depart the initiative to Lazio. It was a recreation that Lecce interpreted properly and I battle to seek out adverse issues to say.
“A optimistic outcome would’ve been the icing on the cake. They actually deserved to come back away with one thing.”
Santiago Pierotti and Morente ended up enjoying , as they have been lacking Andy Pelmard, Kialonda Gaspar, Lameck Banda and Joan Gonzalez.
“A defeat is all the time tough to swallow, particularly for me. The gamers luckily are younger, they’ll put the frustration apart and begin specializing in the following match,” concluded Giampaolo.