Ligue 1: Clermont Foot 63 focused on Monaco (video)
(video report Stéphanie Delannes)
Time flies. Barely returned from Rennes by plane on Wednesday evening, the Clermont players must already focus on what awaits them on Sunday. They got attached to it by now putting in place their spirit of heavy defeat suffered in Rennes.
Monaco, Clermont Foot opponent this Sunday: a club appreciated by Pascal Gastien
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“Vexed, that’s the term, because we’re not used to it, obviously. We know that it is not a good image but the players did not give a catastrophic image either of players who gave up everything, who sank. We debriefed on Thursday and this Friday morning, normal training before the match. It was hard yesterday (Thursday), less hard today (Friday), it will be better tomorrow … It’s done, it’s over, we don’t have time to feel sorry for our fate and what we did. We have to think exclusively of Monaco, ”said Pascal Gastien.
“We don’t have a lot of pressure on that game. We would play against a team that is in the last, we would almost have to win. There, we want to take points and we will get down on the ground for that. “
Pascal Gastien (Clermont Foot coach)Pascal Gastien. Photo Richard Brunel
More concretely, this translated into “a suitable week, yes, of course. Those who played against Rennes have recovered and will rework normally to prepare for the Monaco match. The others did an extra job on Thursday, a job we normally do within 48 hours of a game. We went back to normal preparation work. Those who haven’t played are fresher than those who have played, it makes sense. We are on time. “
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But the question of whether, just after such an annoyance, it is better to face a team of this caliber, the Clermont coach remains doubtful.
“If I say ‘yes’ today and if we take 4 or 5 more… (smile) So I don’t know, it will depend on the result but on the substance, certainly. Because we don’t have a lot of pressure on that match. We would play against a team that is in the last, we would almost have to win. There, we want to take points and we will get down on the ground for that, but we have less pressure on a match like this. “
A match for which we should find a more “classic” team, on the Clermont side: “Yes, certainly because those who played less played 48 hours ago so logically too, these people will recover. “
Proposals reported by Jean-Philippe Béal