LOSC celebrated its 80th anniversary this Sunday, with a victory over Stade Rennais (1-0). Bruno Genesio was satisfied with that, even if he would have liked to see more. The goal, for its part, is “extraordinary” in his eyes.
From Alain Simon to José Fonte, including Peter Odewingie, Milenko Acimovic and Yohan Cabaye, all generations of Mastiffs were represented on the red carpet this Sunday, on the occasion of the 80th anniversary of LOSC. And Bruno Genesio was happy to be able to give them a success. This was acquired thanks to an achievement registered by Edon Zhegrova following a high-class collective action: “The goal is absolutely extraordinary in its construction. It's a ball from behind that goes to the end. It’s quite rare to know how to score directly from the goalkeeper”savors the technician.
The latter, thanks to the victory, now judges that the festivities are perfect: ” Perfect ? For the result yes, for the day too, which was very important for everyone. The result allows us to move forward on an accounting level, what is most important is to maintain a positive dynamic. Players, managers, coaches… I met a few people with whom I had a lot of pleasure talking. It's a beautiful afternoonhe continues. I said it during my talk,
solidarity is necessary and essential to achieve results. We always need this mentality and this state of mind that has driven us since almost the start of the season. Perhaps we should put the Saint-Etienne match aside, but otherwise that's what makes this team, in addition to its quality. »
“We are very demanding, but we have to know how to be satisfied”
Despite this superlative, perfection has not truly been achieved. Bruno Genesio is the first to realize this. He also mentioned it himself: “In terms of content, it's not the best victory, nor the best match since the start of the season. We would have liked to do even better, especially in the second half in a few situations that we could have exploited better, especially with the spaces left. But you have to know how to be satisfied with a great victory like thisnuance the former Stade Rennais coach. I think it's important to be able to win these kinds of matches, even when everything isn't as good as you would have liked. We are very demanding, so we want to do even better, but it's perfect. I congratulate my players. This victory comes on an important day for the club and it was just as important for all the people who worked to get us to where we are today. »
To conclude, Bruno Genesio explains that his tactical choices were not the result of long-term thinking, of projections about the trip to Bologna. A state of mind that he shares with his players: “We take the matches one after the other. We had seven matches to play before the break, there are now six remaining. We will take them one by one.
I didn't feel any lack of concentration among my players at all. They were focused on the present moment. We were lucky enough to bring back quite a few players who will bring a lot of freshness. This will give me a lot of choices for the sequence of matches that awaits us”he finally concluded at our microphone.
