Egnatia coach Nevil Dede analyzed the 3-2 loss in the Cup against Dinamo.

"This is football, not everything depends on us. Regrets? Many thoughts come to mind and what is most important… I'm sorry for the first half despite Bakayoko's red card, I didn't see it as a spectacle. I'm sorry how we conceded the goals, we should have been in balance and in the middle block. It was too quick for a change and to decide. The moment I saw that 4-4-1 wasn't working, I thought of going with 3-4-1. We could have fallen apart, but the boys in the second half, I have no regrets. In some situations they could have done better. What I didn't want from the team, was not to play with emotion. The mistakes came from emotions.

In the second half, the boys showed who this team is, they left the field with dignity. I'm sorry that a final ended in an ugly way with a lot of discussions and controversies, they took away our right to play 2 or 3 minutes. At least the regulations should be implemented according to each element. I did not come unprepared for this discussion. Ilir Daja's explanation began in the 93rd minute, it was not played for 2 minutes, how can only 40 seconds be added. I'm not talking about the balls thrown on the field, it's an ancient era in my opinion. That's why I think the final ended in an ugly way. The goal does not justify the means, not with such means. What I asked Xhemajli was not to play with a low block. We had to play higher, so as not to leave Dinamo comfort. Dinamo made us the vertical with two crosses. That was what stuck with me regarding the first half of the match.

I think we went on a sporting adventure, for the sole reason that at halftime we said to the players to score a goal and play our game. We were playing almost 1 against 1 all over the field, we put Aleks and Fernando up. When I saw that we were going with a little strength in attack, then I thought it would be better for Adjessa to be part of it. He did well, I think he did very well, he helped the team a lot. I remember he scored another goal, I don't know why the referee thought it was a foul. Let's go back to the tactical problem. With Selman we were keeping the width on one wing and with Fangaj on the other wing, so Adjessa became support.

I said it a little. In the way we scored the goals, we had prepared Aliji and Dita not to play comfortably. However, we couldn't do it because we were left with 10 players. I think we did well in those minutes, but we were few and we didn't have the opportunity to go more than 2 times into the opposing zone. With these moves, Fernando came into play. We didn't have this opportunity and that was the way to pressure Dinamo. Compliments for the strength of the boys, especially for the strength they had until the end, until the 95th minute plus the two that they took away from us. In the Final Four I hope we win in 90 minutes because we won't have any other chance", said Dede.