Very annoyed by the performance of his team during the draw in Monaco on Friday evening (0-0), Bruno Genesio castigated the lack of adaptation of his players. The LOSC coach did not hide his frustration at a press conference.
LOSC slowed down the Monegasque leader on Friday evening at Louis-II (0-0). At the end of a not very exciting match, where the two teams already seemed to have the lead in the Champions League, the Mastiffs took a good point and temporarily returned to the level of Reims and Marseille, before the weekend’s matches. But the content produced by its players is far from having satisfied Bruno Genesio.
“We saw a great purge this evening, the Lille coach started at a press conference. I pity the viewers. We saved a point thanks to Lucas Chevalier, once again, but it is largely insufficient compared to this that we had planned to do. I don’t like to jump to conclusions, but that’s not the face I like to see from my team.” Decisive on several occasions and particularly at the end of the match, the international Espoirs goalkeeper once again earned LOSC a point. Very angry with his own players, without hiding behind the few absences, Genesio criticized the lack of ambition of his players.
“There are defeats more encouraging than this draw”
“When you play with density, and you know that Monaco puts enormous pressure on losing the ball, we ask you to play faster, to turn the game around. But once you know that and you play when even in the middle, balls at 20cm, with lateral passes… We get blocked once, twice, three times… It’s either that I don’t speak the right language, or that we are silly.” Despite the expulsion of Teze on the hour mark, Lille was neither more creative nor dangerous offensively. The Mastiffs only had three shots on goal, with only one attempt on target. “Nothing worked,” Genesio continued. “We didn’t do what we had planned, except defensively where we contained this Monaco team even if they had a big chance at the end. With the ball , we didn’t do anything that was planned.
Probably already looking towards the trip to Madrid, to face Atlético next Wednesday evening in the Champions League, LOSC has never worried the Monegasque defense. “I’m not going to exaggerate either, but I think that sometimes there are defeats which are more encouraging than this draw” launched the coach of the Northerners, still angry. The changes did not cause a spark, although Genesio highlighted the good entrance of Rémy Cabella. “We were content to play 0-0, concluded the technician. We had planned to do things, notably recovering the ball, and we did the opposite, which gave Monaco some ammunition, particularly in first half.” Lille will count in particular on the return of Benjamin André, suspended in Monaco, and a prestigious trip to Spain to find some momentum in the game.
