“It depends on us”
He finished Friday’s training with a smile, chatting with his teammates during the end of session shoot. Affected by successive setbacks, Dijon interior Abdoulaye Loum does not intend to give up before the reception of Monaco, this Tuesday (8:30 p.m., Sports Palace).
Despite the bad luck of the team, the smiles are there…
“That’s what we miss, to laugh a little, because we really have our heads down, since the defeat in Holon (synonymous with elimination in the Champions League). I think the most important thing is already to find pleasure and smiles. It’s complicated after each defeat at the moment, we just have to find positive things, continue to play our basket, encourage each other, and above all have fun. We have to be positive, on the bench, everywhere, so that we don’t have our heads down with each missed action. It’s not over yet, we’re not going to let go. »
Will this already go through a rediscovered defence?
“There, you really have to start (to defend) from the start. The last matches, we go home, we take a 10 or 12-0, it’s complicated … “
Playing Monaco is not going to be easy…
“On a beaten Asvel without Gavin (Ware) or Chase (Simon). It depends on us, we can compete with Monaco and lose at Fos… Now it’s up to us to choose what we want. Personally, I will give my all, until the last game. »