Mateta cropped by his coach

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The majority of coaches tend to protect their players in public. Oliver Glasner was exempt from this use, after the defeat of his team, Crystal Palace, suffered on Saturday on the field of Manchester City (5-2).

The London coach responded to the media about his choice to release Jean-Philippe Mateta at the break of this meeting of the 32nd day of the Premier League, and to replace him with the English environment William Hughes.

“” I must say it was a bad decision. Not to replace it, but to go to a 3-5-2explained the Austrian technician by evoking the 27 -year -old French striker, quoted by Metro.uk. We wanted to better control the midfielder but it did not work. »»

10th defeat

“” I did not make a mistake by replacing it. I think it can do better in the first half. He has lost too many duels and too many balls. This is why we thought of changing something. The error I made was to change the system, not to replace Jean-Philippe “Insisted Oliver Glasner.

After a 10th defeat conceded this season in the England championship, Crystal Palace occupies 11th place in the ranking.

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