Gattuso praises De Zerbi after Europa League thriller

Gennaro Gattuso was stuffed with reward for Brighton coach Roberto De Zerbi after the comeback from 2-0 down to carry Olympique Marseille 2-2 within the Europa League, placing their previous clashes right down to ‘a fiery character’ for each Italian tacticians.

The pair crossed paths but once more on a really completely different stage within the Europa League and Marseille took a 2-0 lead with targets in fast succession from Chancel Mbemba and former Fiorentina and Roma midfielder Jordan Veretout.

Nonetheless, Pascal Gross and a late Joao Pedro penalty allowed De Zerbi’s Brighton to grab a degree on the Stade Velodrome.

It was Gattuso’s second sport on the Marseille bench, the primary at their iconic stadium after a 3-2 defeat away to AS Monaco.

“If you find yourself at residence, you watch a variety of video games. I knew this was a metropolis hungry for soccer and I really feel they gave us an enormous hand this night,” Gattuso advised Sky Sport Italia.

“We might’ve made them happier, however I’ve solely been right here a number of days, I’m having fun with this journey. I really feel we had two good performances towards Monaco and Brighton, we’re beginning to see flashes of promise.

“Nonetheless, we’re nonetheless weak and make too many avoidable errors. It’s right down to me and my employees to enhance the state of affairs.”

A lot was mentioned earlier than this sport concerning the historical past between De Zerbi and Gattuso, most famously the Serie C promotion play-off between Pisa and Foggia that descended right into a pitch invasion and touchline row after Gattuso was struck by a bottle.

“Individuals keep in mind what occurred in Pisa, however that was a few years in the past,” shrugged Rino.

“I truthfully consider Roberto is a superb coach, he does issues that you simply can’t do at Brighton with no sturdy working technique. He has created a crew that is aware of what it has to do and it’s no coincidence he’s driving the most important groups in England loopy.

“There’s respect, what occurred seven or eight years in the past is as a result of we each have a fiery character and we do no matter it takes to win.”