Delhi Dynamos FC head coach Gianluca Zambrotta rued Marcelinho’s missed penalty following their 1-0 loss against Atlético de Kolkata at the Rabindra Sarobar Stadium on Saturday evening. Dynamos’ Richard Gadze was brought down in the box by Henrique Sereno in the last fifteen minutes of the game and the referee awarded a penalty. However, Marcelinho couldn’t hit the target and soon after ATK earned a penalty of their own and Iain Hume did the rest. Speaking to the media after the match, Zambrotta said: “We prepared for the game well, in a good way. We lost an opportunity by missing the penalty and there were some other mistakes and we can learn from them to do better in the next match,” the Italian said.“Yes we made a few mistakes after missing the penalty and now we have got our next game against Pune City and we have to focus, and we did have a lot of opportunities in this game and we needed to take them.”However, Zambrotta wasn’t too critical of his Brazilian striker, also Delhi’s high-scorer this season with three goals. “Of course, Marcelinho is a good player and yes he missed a penalty today and sometimes these things happen but he is a very good player and an important part of the team,” he said.ATK goalkeeper Debjit Majumder had a great day at the office as he pulled off eight saves in the match, including a triple save. Delhi’s marquee man Florent Malouda, who sat next to Zambrotta in the post-match press conference, congratulated the ATK goalkeeper but turned down a suggestion that his goalkeeping was the difference between the two sides.“No, I don’t think the difference was that [his goalkeeping]. Both teams played well and we had an opportunity to kill the game and we didn’t and I hope we learn from that.”Delhi, who suffered their first loss of the season on Saturday, now host FC Pune City on October 27 and Zambrotta said the Lions will have to move on from this defeat quickly and focus on that match. “We have to take the positives from this match and we have to focus on the next match and got to prepare well as we know our next opponent is a very good team.”Replying to a question whether the Hero ISL should be longer in duration, Malouda said: “Yes maybe longer if you can maintain the quality but if you keep the league longer and the quality is dropping then it is not of any use.”
