“Villarreal clearly deserved qualification”: Marcelino’s bitter exit after his defeat against OM. “We had a very bad day in Marseille,” added the Spanish technician, made even more bitter that he was unable to take his revenge on the Marseille club which left through the back door.
For his part, Jean-Louis Gasset had a more pragmatic reading of the events: “Today (Thursday), Villarreal was superior to Marseille. But a week ago we played the perfect match, scoring four goals. I went through all the states and at 3-0, like many people, I thought the worst. We scared ourselves but in the end we are here.”