“We are in the semis, we are in the semis, we are, we are, we are in the semis!!! “. The chant, while the tension had not yet subsided on the pitch between the players, suddenly rose from the stands of Meinau. These halves which, for the first time in the history of Racing, will not concern a national cup.
No, this Thursday, Meinau celebrated the first qualification for the last four of a European competition, in this case the Conference League. The smallest of the three, certainly, but frankly it doesn’t matter as this match will remain in the history of the club.
“We have ninety minutes, it should be easy”
In fact, it was necessary to see much more than a touch of English humor in the statement the day before by Gary O’Neil, questioned about his experience as a coach in overcoming a two-goal handicap. “In Marseille, we were 2-0 down twenty minutes from time and we managed to equalize. There, we have ninety minutes, it should be easy,” had…
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