Clermont – Monaco: the CF63 with the desire to erase the memory of Rennes
To the question, during the pre-match conference: “Have we seen your players looking a little too good at the start of the season?” “Pascal Gastien replied:” Yes, I think so, clearly. I always said it was going to be an extremely complicated season. There is no surprise. We started very well because we were ready, perhaps, a little before the others, because we knew each other. “
The Monaco of Jérôme Phojo (CF63), the very high level
However, the Clermont coach, his men’s performances against Metz (2-2) and Brest (1-1), in support, moreover not sufficiently rewarded for his taste, does not throw all the promises that had given birth to the baby of Ligue 1 with the Rennes bathwater (6-0) on Wednesday: “We didn’t miss a lot of games anyway. And on that of Rennes, there are many mitigating circumstances for the team ”.
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“What Monaco practices is everything I love about football”
Clermont formation renewed, from the start, “because it was necessary” within the framework of a week with three matches, of which the first with 10 against 11 during a half-time, recalled the coach and thus with “Entrants” without in-depth automatisms with the other usual holders.
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But also a context of general physical weariness, all the more highlighted as the Bretons, them, were the opposite, Wednesday, according to the comparative data of the athletic performances of the players: “The Rennais made a big match, European club, against a lesser team. We made technical mistakes because Rennes put a lot of pressure on us, but also because we were a little more crumbly and very tired, ”summed up the coach.
“We are at our level”
A “diminished” team which is above all a promoted one. This does not suit Pascal Gastien when dressing the results of his training after 7 days: “We are at our level. Now, I hope we will improve. We have to gain experience, we must not forget that there are only two to three players who have played in the first division. “
From experience, the CF63 will not have gained much in 4 diagonal days between Rennes and Monaco. Just a little rest, also mental: “Pissed off, that’s the term, because we’re not used to it, obviously. Now it’s done, it’s over, we don’t have time to feel sorry for our kind and what we did. We have to think exclusively of Monaco. “
We are going to play our luck. If we watch them play, we got none
This other European club, whom the coach seems to almost revere: “Honestly, what they practice is everything I love about football. “
Guillaume, the man who owns the entire Clermont Foot store
And, for once, without believing ourselves to be too handsome, “we will play our luck bravely because if we watch them play, we have none, promises the coach. We will do the maximum. We don’t have a lot of pressure on this match. We are going to get down to take one or more points. “
Jean-Philippe Béal