Zubeldía on Kennedy penalty: “Some managers have one taker, I have two” | OneFootball

— We always have two penalty takers. We appoint one player to take the penalty, in this case Savarino, and a second one, John Kennedy. Since we had two penalties, it happened because Savarino didn’t want to take another one. Some coaches have one taker; I have two. It’s planned. We could have made it 3-0. We ended up suffering, though we had chances. In the end we went through, which was the priority. It was a match in which we played very well for 70, 80 minutes, and we could have made it 3-0. But we ended up suffering — he said.

— Some goals are avoidable. I didn’t speak with Jemmes about what happened on the cross (for Operário’s goal). It looked like he had everything under control to clear it, I don’t know what happened (…) But statistically we are conceding goals, though not always because of the opponent’s dominance, sometimes because of isolated incidents. I can’t tell you why. It could be insecurity because we weren’t winning, the time of year. It could be bad luck. It’s something we have to improve. We have the ability to improve — he assessed.

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