Niko Kovac (Monaco): “It could have been 3 or 4-0”
“Your Monaco team remains stuck with just one victory after five days. What is worse than the last season?
First of all, we are not satisfied. Four points after five days is not what we expect, but that’s the truth today. It does not reflect our level. We have to show the same attitude and the same passion that we showed last season. Maybe things are easier than last season, but we have to roll up our sleeves.
For the moment, the adversaries are doing more than us, that’s clear. They know our style of play. We have to be more compact, play harder, that’s how the chances and the victories will come back. It’s difficult at the moment.
We saw a gap between Marseille and you this Saturday evening …
As I said before the match, OM are a great team, well structured, well organized, with good players and great aggressiveness. I expected an open game. But tonight, there is only one team that played, and it was OM. It was not our game. They deserved their victory. Today it could have been 3 or 4-0. Compliments to them. We must increase our qualities as soon as possible.
” I’m not worried “
You took Matsima out at half-time. What do we say to a young player that we leave at the break?
I saw some problems that we would have to correct. That’s life. This is neither his first game, nor his last. It was not his day but it does not only concern him, it was the case for the whole team. He is young and if there is anyone who can make mistakes, it is the young players. He still has time to improve.
You didn’t score again, and you had very few chances. Are you worried about your offensive line?
No. On a forbidden set, on an attack set. Forwards always need the support of the whole team, without it they can’t create chances. It was sometimes played out in details like when Gelson served Wissam in the first half. I’m not worried, it’s the whole thing that needs to be improved. “