Manuel Pellegrini
Manuel Pellegrini
Manuel Luis Pellegrini Ripamontiis a Chilean professional football manager and former footballer. As a coach, he has managed teams mostly in Spain, Argentina, Chile and Ecuador. A qualified civil engineer and former footballer, after retiring as a player, he moved into coaching in his native Chile and subsequently Argentina. Pellegrini has won national leagues in four different countries...
ProfessionSoccer Player
Date of Birth16 September 1953
CitySantiago, Chile
possible worst
It has come at the worst possible time. But we have other options.
decisive effort expect match maximum players reserve
I expect maximum effort from my reserve players because this kind of match will be decisive for our season.
counts double early goal
It was important to get an early goal and it was also an away goal which counts for double and could be very important for the second-leg.
penalty today
I wasn't happy, because there was a penalty today that we should have had.
balanced beat convinced deserved half perhaps second
I was convinced we would beat Inter. The first half was balanced but in the second perhaps we deserved more than one goal.
capable importance moment numbers players
In the importance of their players and the numbers of players they have in their squad. Every Inter player is capable of doing something at any moment and that's why we will have to be very watchful.
chances five four good players reason score superior
The players are gutted, and with good reason. We were superior in every way, we had four or five chances to score ... and then we had the penalty.
blew chance game lack mistakes referee
We didn't play well, but the referee made mistakes all game long. When he blew the end of the game when we had a chance for an attack, he demonstrated his lack of impartiality.