The Marseille coach spoke at a press conference after the defeat against Lyon (0-3) on Sunday.
Jorge Sampaoli (OM coach, beaten 3-0 by Lyon ) : «Before the mistakes of the referee, we were better, we had control. Unfortunately we are penalized, we cannot change that. I regret it because our team was superior in the first half. We are better until their first goal, which changed everything even if we tried to continue. I was surprised at the performance of the team after a long trip (Thursday in Rotterdam in the first leg of the C4, editor’s note) and with little preparation time. We were protagonists, we had chances. But I am no one to ask for explanations or denounce those who have the power to judge.
They assume but today we are very penalized. I am very disappointed. We have seen painful things for us, which we must bear. There is no solution, we have to think about Thursday (semi-final return, editor’s note) and keep our lead in the league. We play important things. But we have already been penalized in Paris, and again here. I believe that the criteria should be standardized so that no one is penalized, as we were this evening. We went through their transitions after the first goal. We lost balls and the team was messy when we tried to draw. It became easier for them. We are not necessarily prepared to manage his transitions and they have good footballers and had a good match beyond the refereeing errors which penalized us.»
Statements taken at a press conference
