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
against champions close final importance inevitable league match
We are so close to the Champions League final that it is inevitable that we give more importance to the match against Arsenal.
difficult improved rangers supposed
It was a difficult match, but it is supposed to be at this stage. Rangers were better than us in the first half, because they were more relaxed, but we improved a lot.
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.
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.
aware clean defeat difficult fact good history leading people proved reach reason result scoring stop team vital
As well as scoring it's going to be vital for us to keep a clean sheet. People say that 2-1 away is a good result but we have to stop them scoring. It's always difficult to defeat a team with their history but we're here for a reason and we have proved that we can reach the semi-final. I don't know how they will play but they'll be aware of the fact that they are leading the tie.
based belief hard miracle work
This isn't a miracle or a dream. It's based on hard work and belief.
against convinced eliminate great knew lost playing team unjustly
I was convinced we would eliminate Inter as I thought we lost unjustly in Milan. We knew we were playing against a great team, but we are a great team too.
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I was convinced we would beat Inter. The first half was balanced but in the second perhaps we deserved more than one goal.
based beat convinced deserved half hard miracle perhaps score second work
I was convinced we would beat Inter. In the second half perhaps we deserved to score more than one goal. This isn't a miracle or a dream. It's based on hard work and belief.
constantly mistakes notice players pulled referee several
I think the referee constantly made mistakes, he didn't notice when our players were pulled as well as several fouls.
depends desire full soccer technique
He's full of desire. Besides, his soccer depends more on technique than physique.
action based game keen percent physically technique
Physically he's not 100 percent because he's been out of action for 15 days. But he's really keen to play and his game is based more on technique than fitness.
advantage believe remembered since won
If that allows them to believe they have a big advantage, it must be remembered that Inter haven't won anything since 1989.
possible worst
It has come at the worst possible time. But we have other options.