Yakin: "Sesuatu yang Indah Dua Kali Kalahkan Chelsea di Liga Champions"
Yakin: "Something Beautiful to Beat Chelsea Twice in Champions League"
Editor : Ismail Gani
Translator : Novita Cahyadi
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Basel (B2B) - Pelatih Basel, Murat Yakin, mengatakan "adalah seseuatu yang indah" ketika mengalahkan pasukan Jose Mourinho dua kali di ajang Liga Champions.
"Menang dua kali melawan Chelsea merupakan sesuatu yang bersejarah," kata Yakin seperti dilansir Yahoo News.
"Saya dan semua orang yang menyaksikan pertandingan di stadion merasa senang, tetapi ketika Mourinho mengucapkan selamat kepada saya dua kali menjadi lebih indah."
Pemain berusia 21 tahun, Mohamed Salah, menjadi aktor kemenangan Basel atas Chelsea. Yakin mengklaim gol Salah ke gawang The Blues menit ke-87 membuat mereka pantas untuk menang.
Yakin juga mengatakan timnya lebih baik di babak kedua, tetapi pasukan The Special One mengancam di sepanjang pertandingan.
"Pada babak kedua kami mengontrol jalannya permainan, menghasilkan beberapa peluang, dan akhirnya berbuah hasil," kata Yakin.
"Para suporter mendorong kami untuk bekerja keras sepanjang 90 menit, mereka menginginkan kami menang, sama seperti kami."
Berkat gol Salah, kini Basel berada di posisi kedua klasemen grup E.
"Kami senang Salah bersama kami, dia mengundang banyak perhatian ketika sedang berada di puncak performa. Permainannya menghibur," kata Yakin.
Basel - Basel coach Murat Yakin said it was ´something beautiful´ to beat Jose Mourinho´s Chelsea twice in the UEFA Champions League.
"To win twice against Chelsea is something historic," Yakin told reporters.
"I´m very happy for the team and for all who witnessed it in the stadium, but that Mourinho has had to congratulate me twice is already something beautiful."
Mohamed Salah scored an 87th-minute winner at St Jakob-Park, giving Basel a result their coach felt they deserved.
Yakin said his team were the better outfit in the second half but believes Chelsea always looked threatening.
"In the second half we controlled play, it took several attempts but in the end it worked out," he said.
"The supporters pushed us over the 90 minutes to the end - they wanted us to win just as much as we did."
Yakin, whose team are second in the group after the win, paid tribute to goalscorer Salah, whose neat first touch and nice finish gave Basel victory.
"We are glad that Salah is with us, he builds up a lot of attention when he is in top form. He´s an attraction," he said.
