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<div data-fco-dynamic-placement="" data-fco-dynamic-placement-type="match-recirculation" data-fco-embed-id="fco-dynamic-placement:match-recirculation"><script type="application/json" data-placement="match-recirculation">{"type":"match-recirculation","data":{}}</script></div><p><b><strong>Giovanni Stroppa</strong></b><span>, Venezia manager, spoke after his side's defeat away to Frosinone: "</span><b><strong>We did not turn up, we thought the match started at 4pm but we were already 2-0 down</strong></b><span>. We know how strong Frosinone are, they are truly relentless in duels, and we were not able to stand up to them. In that sense, there is nothing to add."</span></p><p><br></p><div data-fco-dynamic-placement="" data-fco-dynamic-placement-type="fcplayer-semantic"><script type="application/json" data-placement="fcplayer-semantic">{"type":"fcplayer-semantic","data":{"embedCode":"//cdn.fcp.codes/embed-code-template/embed-code-template.js#SEMANTIC_5704afb8-c10b-4ba5-9cb4-d7fb6098ef90","embedType":"SEMANTIC","embedId":"5704afb8-c10b-4ba5-9cb4-d7fb6098ef90","publisher":null,"playerId":null,"fallbackChannelId":null}}</script></div>

Venezia, bitter irony from Stroppa: "We thought the match kicked off at 4pm"

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<p><span>The Lagunari boss went on, as reported by </span><i><em>Sportmediaset</em></i><span>: "Then there was a real team on the pitch who managed to win some duels and we won the players’ quality. In my opinion there was a penalty on Adams when it was 2-1; and at 2-2 Hainaut goes one-on-one with the goalkeeper and shoots wide. We conceded the 3-2 like fools and we leave with a negative result, which is disappointing. It hurts me because coming back into the match like that and losing it annoys me".</span></p>

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The manager speaks after his team’s defeat in Frosinone

Venezia, bitter irony from Stroppa: &quot;We thought the match kicked off at 4pm&quot;

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Venezia, bitter irony from Stroppa: "We thought the match kicked off at 4pm"

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