First team

MERCADO: "WE HAVE TO BE SHAKEN UP BY TODAY'S RESULT BUT NOT DESPAIR"

17/10/2017

El argentino no escondió que el equipo está muy dolido, pero reconoce que "el fútbol da revancha y el sábado tenemos la oportunidad de levantarnos"

Gabriel Mercado spoke to the press after a difficult night in Moscow: "We didn't have a good second half. They were very clinical and when we were playing our best they scored a second. We struggled to resettle and they hit us again. We tried to fight back but we couldn't and they scored on the counter-attack".

The team looks to be on an unfortunate run but now needs to pick itself up: "Two consecutive losses always hurt, even more so in this manner, but football gives you rematches and this Saturday we have a chance to pick ourselves up and show our character. We trust the coach and our teammates to keep going in the Champions League".

The Argentine recognised the changing room is upset: "We're hurt as normal with a loss, but in three days we have a chance to keep moving forward. We're angry at the result but we're going to keep our heads up".

The team will have to be strong and re-find the form they discovered at the beginning of the season: "We started the season off well, fighting for first place until now. We have to be shaken up by the result, not lose hope and maintain balance. We have to work to fix today's mistakes".