Celje lost to Mura after the defeat in Bratislava: Albert Riera so furious that he would have substituted all 11 players at halftime
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In Slovenia, such results were unexpected, but the facts are as they are. Albert Riera is currently on a streak of two consecutive losses; his team, Celje, conceded 6 goals, was eliminated from Europe, and lost in the championship to Mura, who celebrated their third consecutive win. No wonder the Spaniard was furious after the match in Murska Sobota.
“First and foremost, I have to congratulate Mura, but now I will focus on my team. We did everything wrong. Both with the ball and without it, and you can’t win a match like that,” said Albert Riera after the match, in which he did something truly unusual: he used all five substitutions by halftime in front of 2650 spectators.
Albert Riera: “We need to ‘reset'”
“If I could have changed 11 players at halftime, I would have,” Albert Riera made it clear that he had completely misjudged the selection of players who started the match: “I told the team this in the locker room!” Albert Riera also requested a sixth substitution but didn’t get it: “What happened with Nemanić: there was a blow to the head, so I thought I could make an additional substitution, but it turned out that the blow was not to the head, but to the nose.”
There is no time for Celje to rest, as the next European task awaits on Thursday. Given Celje’s current state, even a club from Ireland won’t be an easy challenge… “We need to ‘reset’, I told the boys after the match. We have to do this together, and it’s time for everyone to accept their part of the responsibility. Even without the ball, every player needs to know what their task is. This time, there wasn’t a single one who adhered to it,” concluded Albert Riera after the match in Fazanerija.
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