“He only missed one goal” against Lorient — Foot11.com
Philippe Clément, AS Monaco coach, took stock after his team’s modest draw against Lorient on Sunday in L1 (0-0). For him, not everything is to be thrown away, far from it. More
Brilliant a week earlier against Lyon, Monaco hoped to continue yesterday Sunday, at home against Lorient. If the defense was once again solid, the Monegasque attack never found the fault (0-0). For coach Philippe Clément, only realism was lacking. But in the ranking of League 1Monaco has just missed an opportunity in or come back to within three lengths of the podium.
“Always difficult to play in Lorient”, explains Clément
” He only missed scoring a goal. It’s always difficult to play against Lorient who proved against Lens and PSG in recent weeks. But I also appreciated our ability to cut opponents’ offensive transitions. Car Lorient is good at it“, Explained the former coach of Club Brugge. While congratulating the defensive work of his team: We have just made four “clean sheets” in 5 games. I like it too.”
Philippe Clément also gave several reasons why Monaco remained silent for 90 minutes. ” We also have to be more efficient in the last 20m and in our choices. You have to be more decisive and calmer in the opposing area, have a better overall view to make the right decisions. They ended up playing very low. In addition, their goalkeeper was good on his line“, he detailed.
In Bordeaux to rectify the situation
When we talk to him about classification, Philippe Clément does not drag on. ” It’s always the same ! We have to stay focused on ourselves. And always do the maximum to win“, he explained. Clearly, we must not miss this Sunday at the red lantern Bordeaux, which did not deserve in Lens for its last outing (3-2) and which should give everything. But a qualification for the next Champions League is at this price. Modest seventh best attack in Ligue 1, despite a Wissam Ben Yedder with 14 achievements, Monaco must quickly regain its offensive drive or risk experiencing a coasting end to the season.