“It’s the first time it’s happened to us”
What is your analysis of this meeting, lost in Monaco (4-1)?
” A slap. We never got into the game. We made a catastrophic start. You can concede a goal, moreover it’s the first time that it happens to me so quickly. But the 2e hurts us a lot because when you cash in and you don’t react, that’s when it gets very complicated. We should have revolted after the first goal and said to ourselves “we are entering the game”. But we never knew how to do it and after 7 minutes, with two goals conceded, it’s over, it’s over. It’s a big disappointment and above all full of questions about how we put the players back into it. Telling yourself that you have to bite into the matches, be concentrated, make much better starts and above all hold out over time. On one of the important matches to come, it will be important to see a commentary on will react. »
The players quickly seemed resigned…
“It’s easy to say that but it’s because we never got into the game. Of a cold summer. After, it’s the same when you make fantastic starts, after you are in it, you start the match and you become unstoppable. It’s the same there. We were picked up cold and we remained in a form of lethargy. It’s the first time it’s happened, we’ll have to see the next matches but it’s a warning for us. »
How can these individual errors be explained?
“The first but it is a missed pass. Behind we do not react, there is a touch to play quickly but we are amorphous, we take the goal. The 2e, it’s a bad touch and behind it we don’t react. These are bullet losses. That’s why it’s the way we got into the game that penalizes us. »
Is it a match without or the evil is deeper?
“It’s a game without, it’s the first time it’s happened to us. We can be granted this non-match. Now, this must not happen again. I don’t want to see this a second time. It can happen, sometimes we go through it. What will be interesting is the ability to rebound, starting next Thursday. »
Ludovic Blas was on the bench, was it to preserve him for the next deadlines?
“It’s a sporting choice! Today, Ludo is not at his level, we must not be afraid of words. It is not for lack of talks that I had with him. I want to find him. Of course, he has reasons with the non-start in Lille, the backlash but you have to get into it. But today we have too many players who are not at their level. In aggressiveness, the ability to want to take the ball and make a difference. Ludo, last year he was the player who dribbled the most in Europe. Today, there is no more dribbling. He is not the only one. Simon can do much better. We saw the entry of Ganago, Evann, today we say that we took goals but in front, even the goal we scored was by the opponent. »
What do you say to your players after such a match?
“That tomorrow we will make the video, meet again. Above all, we will realize that what we have done is not good at all. And then that we are expected at the next match. Me, in my work, it is to find the springs to encourage them, to put them inside. Because today, they must not lose confidence. There are going to be criticisms, that’s normal. But tomorrow, we will win matches with them. »