Troyes – Stade Rennais: Mercato, Gouiri, Coupe de France… the Sampaoli conference
Before the trip to Troyes, Jorge Sampaoli attended a press conference.
Attack : We are trying to find solutions. We worked with a young man from the training center (Wilson Samaké, later specified by the coach, editor's note) but who is injured. We are trying to find variations. I don't have a 9 matching Kalimuendo's characteristics. We adapt to our reality. We will try to find solutions within the volume of our attack.
French Cup: We are not going to favor competition. Tomorrow we will field the best team, like against Brest on Saturday, we will present ourselves with the best we have, on the pitch. We have certain expectations about the French Cup.
Gouiri: I saw a decisive player in Nice, from the time I was at OM. The team must give much more than currently. It must restructure itself. My job is to rebuild the Gouiri that I saw in Nice, to get the best out of him. The team feels it and needs a better version of this player, who can change the course of a match with one action. I told him, that's why I'm telling you.
Market : We speak with the sports director and the president. We told them what we wanted in terms of player style. We especially need players who are already ready, whether as attacker, midfielder or defender. We don't have time with players whose fitness needs to be improved. We want players capable of helping the team make differences that it is not making today.
System : We play with a line of 5 (at the back) because when we arrived we judged that with 4 the team was very vulnerable. These 3 central players give us solidity, we also cover the width of the field. I think that's not the problem, not in defense, but it's that the team can't keep the opponent off balance. Our defensive line, despite the errors, overall its balance is good and improving. I hope that we can especially develop our volume of play in attack. (..) The team must improve in releasing the ball. We have communicated to the sports management the names of players who have mastered this element of the game, but the limit we set is that these players bring it to us directly. Then we the staff don't decide who arrives.
Omari : We are talking about several names that could improve the team, our organization, and bring more quality. It could concern this player you just named, or others. But the most important thing is that the player is ready to make differences. We must understand which player can, in a tied situation, give us that extra to make the difference on the pitch.
Attackers: Player performance varies a lot today. What we analyzed beforehand is not necessarily true today. I think we work hard to improve our physical condition. Without that, with Gouiri, Gronbaek, Jota in good shape, the players we have, the team will improve. It has to do with the player's performance but also with my responsibility to work again to achieve another more aggressive, more offensive attack. During the transfer window we also try to find players but it’s a difficult transfer window.
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