Michniewicz: The result does not reflect events

Ceslav Micniewicz (Legia coach): From my point of view, the match was as follows: until the 80th minute we were in the match, the score was 0-0. Maybe we didn’t create many chances, Napoli had more and, fortunately, they didn’t take advantage of it. In our best moments, we conceded two goals – the first goal right after we faced a situation where we could make better use of it. It was similar to the second goal. The third goal is a great shot, within 10 minutes we have lost all hope of a good result.

I would like to thank the team for their effort and commitment, for their health on the field. The result does not reflect events until the 80th minute. Sometimes the changes are of great importance, and today the changes have accelerated the Napoli match. We knew there would be replacements from the starting line-up. When we were getting weak, they went into the field. Emreli and Castrate faced situations where we could score goals, and it was our opponents who counterattacked. We’re going back to Warsaw unfortunately, but when the sentiment cools down we’ll see some positives in our game. We played against a great team, the captain of the Italian league, and we tried to face them. If you conceded a goal 20 seconds after you scored yourself, it would be a huge pain. We knew that when we conceded first, it would be difficult for us to answer. These two moments are painful and sit in the players’ minds.

The top performers, according to our assumptions, appeared on the field. We wanted to avoid direct duels between the central defender and our attackers, and we were looking for a way to get around them. The idea with Muci was good. We wanted to put a lot of players running the ball in a small space. We said in the first half that we had to be bold to keep the ball in play. It was not without errors.