Last night, Olympique de Marseille validated their ticket for the UEFA Europa League semi-finals. Jean-Louis Gasset’s men won 1-0 (2-2 on aggregate) and won the penalty shootout, helped by their goalkeeper Pau Lopez. After the match, the OM goalkeeper was happy and made a confession about the penalties.
“I’ll tell you the truth, you know I’m not good at penalties. This morning, we spoke with Jean Louis Gasset and Ruben (Blanco). And Ruben had the idea to change a little and decide before the match where to go. I knew that before the match, everyone had to choose their side. I wasn’t thinking about this match. This time we managed 4 out of 4. We will repeat this if we get there again. I think if we talk about the penalty shootout, it’s not just me who did it, it’s a team thing, Ruben and Jean-Louis too, because they also decided where to go. So I’m happy for them too, because for me, you know they are very important.” Then Lopez responded to those who doubted him. “It doesn’t interest me much, although I try to know my strengths and weaknesses, I embrace them and try to improve. Today we chose something different and it worked well. I’m happy, happy with the choices we made, happy with the victory too.” The message has gotten through.
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