Étienne – Horneland: “Important to have an attacking style of play”

Axel Allag, Media365, published on Friday December 20, 2024 at 9:00 p.m.

He will not lead the Greens on Sunday against OM in the 32nd final of the Coupe de France (2:45 p.m.), but Eirik Horneland was presented to the press this Friday.

New ASSE coach, Eirik Horneland will not start against OM in his new role (he will be director of the Laurent Huard training center), but he obviously knows for which club he has signed. A “fantastic” club which can count on the overflowing support of the Chaudron, a “strong base which can literally put fuel in the team's engine” in the eyes of the former SK coach Brann, aspiring above all to develop a real “belief” in his locker room which will not be a bad thing given the current place of play-off for AS Saint-Étienne in Ligue 1. His ambitions, a priori, will be above all offensive.

“We want to be a proactive team”

“We want to be a proactive team, which goes on the offensive very quickly while remaining focused on defense. I think we can achieve this thanks to the support of the fans. Firstly, we will look at the players individually, the “The goal is to get the best out of each of them. Then we have to put the schemes in place. For me, it's important to have an attacking style of play, that's what the fans expect. he developed in remarks related by our colleagues from The Team.

“By showing our abilities, we earn the right to work in the long term”

The one who will reunite with his players on December 29 after having met them briefly, insisted on his desire to see them focused against OM on Sunday during the 32nd final of the Coupe de France. Still according to the new ASSE coach, the establishment of “discipline and work ethic” will be imperative before possibly seeing “a clear identity” in the game.

Not “interested” in the transfer window currently, but rather in the progressive knowledge of his group, the best coach in Norway in 2022 recalled that possible victories would save time, a rare commodity at the high level. “By showing our abilities, we earn the right to work in the long term. I am fully aware of the situation, I know how to read the rankings. Our role is to develop performance as quickly as possible to achieve our objectives. working hard every day, that’s the only thing to do.”