Riza quick to blame the players as points dropped at home

Last Updated : 30-Mar-2025 by Michael Morris

Cardiff's Omer Riza:

"The players are going to be frustrated and disappointed, but we can't find excuses we have to find solutions. We need the points.

"It was a very good first half and we were hoping for more of the same in the second half. I don't really know why that didn't happen, there seems to be a mental thing with the boys.

"They didn't apply enough pressure in the second half and allowed them to have a bit more time on the ball in the midfield areas, which put us on the back foot. That was disappointing.

"We had worked on set plays in the week knowing how they worked, so to concede from a corner was disappointing. It's one of the moments we are going through.

"It just changed in the second half. We didn't tell them to sit back, we told them to try to go out and get and second or third goal."

Sheffield Wednesday's Danny Rohl:

"Our away performances have been incredible this season, even though we only took a point today. Last season we finished with 53 points, now we have 52 points with seven games to get a lot more points.

"We have reduced the gap from six to five points to the play-offs, it means we look up and I want to see a team who attack the next position.

"We have nothing to lose now, we can go all in. Second half today, we went all in, but in the Championship this is not enough to win a game."