00:00My best intention was to protect, because I was thinking, he needs to play Champions League, he came to the
00:05Premier League.
00:06If I don't make a decision, I get injured and it's affecting him to the World Cup in 2022 in
00:12Qatar.
00:13It's too many things in your mind when you are a coach, when you were, you know, you were there,
00:18and it's not easy.
00:19And I made the decision. But my fault was not to ask him.
00:25In that moment, for me, I didn't think. I didn't want to show that I was more, you know, brave
00:31than another coach.
00:33That wasn't in my mind. I didn't want to challenge him. But in this moment, that is the best for
00:38the player.
00:39Sporting director, after the game, people know. I said, Mauri, why? I asked Leo and it was good.
00:48I said, no, but I was protecting because of all the information. I said, yeah, but the people is pain.
00:55They come to, want to see 90 minutes, you know. I said, but I want to win the game, you
00:59know, because I want to protect the player.
01:01And when I arrived to home, he said to me, she was on the bed. I went to the toilet,
01:07come back.
01:08I sit in the bed and said, who was looking, looking at me? I said, I said, what? Why? You,
01:15you, you make that decision.
01:20I said, look, now people is, in Argentina killing you, in France is killing you.
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