{"id":292680,"date":"2023-09-30T16:36:03","date_gmt":"2023-09-30T16:36:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tellmysport.com\/?p=292680"},"modified":"2023-09-30T16:36:03","modified_gmt":"2023-09-30T16:36:03","slug":"roberto-de-zerbi-claims-brighton-are-not-ready-to-compete","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tellmysport.com\/soccer\/roberto-de-zerbi-claims-brighton-are-not-ready-to-compete\/","title":{"rendered":"Roberto De Zerbi claims Brighton &apos;are not ready to compete&apos;"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Roberto De Zerbi slams Brighton&#8217;s crowded fixture list as he claims his side &#8216;are not ready to compete&#8217; with Unai Emery&#8217;s side after 6-1 defeat to Aston Villa<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Brighton gell to a 6-1 defeat at Villa Park after an Ollie Watkins hat-trick\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Roberto De Zerbi has slammed his team for their poor performance\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Mail Sport&#8217;s new WhatsApp Channel: Get the breaking news and exclusives here\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Brighton boss Roberto de Zerbi said their 6-1 defeat at Aston Villa was evidence they can\u2019t contend with a crowded fixture list.<\/p>\n<p>The Seagulls are in Europe this season and their trip to Villa Park was sandwiched between a Carabao Cup tie at Chelsea and game against Mostar on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018Everything went wrong. We played very bad,\u2019 admitted the Italian who made three substitutions at half-time with his team trailing 3-0.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018The biggest responsibility is with the coach but secondly we are not ready to compete and play every three days.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018I am trying to manage different ways to keep physical energy but that is not enough. In football you also need the best mentality. You can lose games but you can\u2019t lose every duel and second ball.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/30\/16\/76015049-0-image-a-2_1696089121260.jpg\" height=\"516\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Brighton boss Roberto de Zerbi said their 6-1 defeat at Aston Villa was evidence they can\u2019t contend with a crowded fixture list<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/30\/16\/76015063-0-image-a-3_1696089125415.jpg\" height=\"433\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>The Seagulls are in Europe this season and their trip to Villa Park was sandwiched between a Carabao Cup tie at Chelsea and game against Mostar on Thursday<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/30\/16\/76015045-0-image-a-1_1696089118823.jpg\" height=\"482\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>De Zerbi now has to lift his team before their first away game in the Europa League having been beaten at home by AEK Athens<\/p>\n<p>Your browser does not support iframes.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;We wanted to reach the European League last season but playing Saturday and Saturday and Saturday is one kind of sport, playing every three days is another sport.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0\u2018We are not ready to compete at this level.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018You can lose in this way if you\u2019re not ready. This could be one of the most important learning curves in my time at the club.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Brighton were a defensive mess at Villa Park with Ansu Fati\u2019s first goal for the club their only consolation.<\/p>\n<p>De Zerbi now has to lift his team before their first away game in the Europa League having been beaten at home by AEK Athens.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018I believe in my players. I have a big confidence in the people inside of my dressing room, they were suffering a lot for this defeat,\u2019 he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018We are sorry for our fans and our club but sometimes it can happen. On Thursday you will see another Brighton.\u2019<\/p>\n<h3>IT&#8217;S ALL KICKING OFF!\u00a0<\/h3>\n<p><span>It&#8217;s All Kicking Off\u00a0is an exciting new podcast from Mail Sport that promises a different take on Premier League football, launching with a preview show today and every week this season.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>It is available on MailOnline, Mail+, YouTube , Apple Music and Spotify<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Your browser does not support iframes.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/football\/article-12578675\/Roberto-Zerbi-slams-Brighton-Premier-League-Aston-Villa.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Roberto De Zerbi slams Brighton&#8217;s crowded fixture list as he claims his side &#8216;are not ready to compete&#8217; with Unai Emery&#8217;s side after 6-1 defeat to Aston Villa Brighton gell to a 6-1 defeat at Villa Park after an Ollie Watkins hat-trick\u00a0 Roberto De Zerbi has slammed his team for their poor performance\u00a0\u00a0 Mail Sport&#8217;s&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":292679,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Roberto De Zerbi claims Brighton &amp;apos;are not ready to compete&amp;apos; 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