“Facing OM, we don’t want to relive the same match”

He is the one who will keep the ASSE cages against OM this afternoon: Brice Maubleuas Laurent Huard confirmed in a pre-match press conference. Between excitement and desire to qualify, the Saint-Etienne goalkeeper talks about this meeting.

Brice Maubleu: “When we come here, it's to play matches like this, in a legendary stadium. When playing OM two weeks ago, we saw that they were well above us in that match, but we won't want to play the same match. The objective is to pass this round by qualifying. (…) Excitement? Yes because it's been a while since I played a big match in a big stadium, the last one was last year with another jersey (that of Grenoble against ASSE in Ligue 2, editor’s note). I'm happy to play but I'm focused on my match. I'm a fairly calm person, excitement is good but you have to know how to manage it and I know how to do that.

If we start from the beginning, it was planned that he was already playing with Olivier Dall'Oglio, we had discussions three weeks ago at the time of the draw. We spoke about it with the managers at the time of my signing as well. Gautier (Larsonneur) needs to breathe too, and it is the custom to play number 2 goalkeepers in the Cup. We worked on my ball releases and other things. We don't want to play the same match as two weeks ago. Whether it's the starting or replacement players, we work, we know each other well, on Sunday I know what I'm going to have to do. (…) Marseille as a baptism of fire? Obviously, we say to ourselves that it will be difficult, I think there were 20 shots against us in the last match (21, editor's note) but we also worked to avoid that, I know there will be work but cup matches are different.

Is there a recipe for restarting the machine in a negative spiral? It’s up to everyone to find it. There is a new coach, the cards are redistributed. Everyone must show more, a new environment is created. I don't really have the recipe otherwise it would be known, we have to give our all and absolutely want to win the match. Restart the machine and give it your all. We have to show what we are capable of. (…) Has there been an emulation created this week? Yes, I think so, but then we worked well the weeks before too. The sessions were perhaps a little longer because we wanted to put something in place, we worked tactically. We don't want to relive the same match.“