Stuttgart players fume: "Their left-back dived 37 times, unbelievable" | OneFootball

VfB Stuttgart was defeated in the first leg of the Europa League round of 16 against FC Porto, in a match where the German team's problems were not limited to the result (1-2).

Discontent arose with the Porto celebrations: Terem Moffi (21′) and Rodrigo Mora (27′) celebrated near the Cannstatt Curve, which irritated the fans and heightened the tension on the field.

“I have rarely experienced anything like this. I don't know if they needed to do that, what happened there? We will give our all to advance on Thursday,” Angelo Stiller vented to RTL, already thinking about the second leg of the tie.

Deniz Undav, on the other hand, targeted the Dragons for considering that they were wasting time throughout the match.

“This is a joke,” said the forward, specifically criticizing Zaidu: “That left-back fell about 37 times, it seemed unbelievable!”

Despite the defeat, Undav believes that Stuttgart still has a good chance in the second leg, but warned that the team will have to assert itself on the field and that, in matches like this, they need to “play with intensity and a bit more aggressiveness.”

The second leg of this tie is scheduled for 8 PM next Thursday.

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