“We are approaching this return match differently from the first match. Firstly, because there is a new coach. He arrived with a desire to make things happen. We felt it in both matches, whether against Reims with an important victory and especially the match against Paris SG we saw a completely different Saint-Étienne team from the one we saw in the first leg. We must forget this first leg. come on, points already. match which leaves us with a lot of regrets. We dragged it out for a while.
I expect a completely different team with a completely different mentality. We saw a generous team in the last two matches, they were pushed around but showed themselves to be dynamic with a lot of intensity. It's no longer the same team. It's a formidable team, capable of causing harm in the game. We know that we are going to suffer there, that it will be a very difficult match. It's a team that already had results with Olivier Dall'Oglio and so there, with the new coach, the first match ended in success, even if they were down 1-0 at half-time. They were able to score three goals in the second half. I saw the words of their coach saying: “We are a big club, we have to play like a big club”. He wants a generous and dynamic team and that's what they showed whether against Reims or against Paris Saint-Germain. I liked the match against PSG, it was good.
It will be interesting to see what this confrontation between Saint-Étienne and us will bring about. We are good at the moment, despite the elimination against Brest. ASSE since the arrival of Horneland, there is something happening. It's going to be a hot match just like we like it.”
The Canaries staff took the time to dissect the game advocated by Eirik Hornelandobviously relying on the two matches played on the bench of Saint-Étienne but also by watching matches of the teams trained in Norway: “There's enough material, we also looked at what he did in Norway. It's ultimately a copy and paste. It's a 4-3-3, the idea is to feed the attackers , with a lot of running, percussion. They can attack with five. The idea is to bring numbers into the offensive zones. It's an energy-consuming game with a lot of intensity. Étienne, it’s what he did in the teams in Norway. He is very dynamic, directive, fiery. He is a coach who is leaving his country for the first time, he has a lot of ambition. be an interesting match.”
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