After a valuable victory against Montpellier, ASSE hopes to start a series against Rennes. Dylan Batubinsika and his team will face SRFC this Saturday at 5 p.m. The Congolese international presented himself at a press conference this Thursday. Extract.
“It’s hard to lose your place, it’s hard to question yourself” (Dylan Batubinsika, ASSE defender before the match against Rennes)
Two matches on the bench to think about? “I questioned myself after the two matches I spent on the bench. How did it go? I tried to find out what I had done less well, where perhaps I should improve myself or maybe change certain things. Afterwards, it's work, a challenge. It's hard to lose your place, it's hard to question yourself. is less well, we tend to question everything sometimes. that's the trap because in the end you lose confidence, you lose rhythm and everything that goes with it. So, yes, it's not easy.
But after that, it's our job. We, as players, have had to experience this kind of thing from a very young age. So, I think we have an ability, each of us, to manage this kind of situation. In this case, it was perhaps not things that I did less well, but perhaps things that I lacked in my game, perhaps to bring added value to the team and also to “From a personal point of view, to be maybe a little more focus and a little more leadership within the defense as well.”
Do you look at your personal stats? “No, I'm used to watching my matches, watching what I do. Afterwards, I don't look at personal stats. Sometimes, people tell me about them. But it's not something what I'm looking for.”
In the best L1 players in interceptions and the worst in restarts, did you know that? “In interceptions, no. Well, yes, it's flattering in any case, at my position in any case. And yes, in the recovery, obviously, precisely, it's part of one of the aspects that I tried in any case so far to change, in particular, in the questioning that we talked about previously. I think I have to gain more confidence and above all take the game more into my own hands. the bare minimum and that's why maybe this statistic is out, but we're going to fix it.”
“JMaybe he even prefers to score here than in the national team (sic).”
Scorer with Congo, be more decisive with ASSE? “Yes, coach, basically, I have a fairly offensive style in general, especially in training, but I have had difficulty so far in my career projecting it in official matches and in competition But again, it comes with confidence and not worrying too much, playing and doing what you know how to do. It also comes with statistics. I would like to have a lot more statistics offensively and score maybe. to be more goals It was nice and good for me to. score my first goal at international level with the national team Now, we have to transcribe it here at ASSE, I might even prefer to score here than with the national team (sic).”
Qualified for the CAN, CAN 2025 a goal? “It's sure, it's sure. Having experienced it once, I had the pleasure of being able to, I hope to be there, but I had the pleasure of being able to be qualified again with the national team. We were very happy, we performed flawlessly in the first four matches, so it allowed us to approach this last rally with confidence. Now we are going to prepare. World Cup before. We grow as a group. as a team, as a nation, we hope to achieve a better result than the previous CAN.”
An extra experience, the national selection? “Yes, that's exactly it. It's an experience, a pleasure. It clears the mind a little because in the end, it's a period where I'm not in the club in my daily life. I get out of my daily life and it allows me to recharge my batteries too, even if there are sporting objectives and very important ones too. But yes, it's one of the positive aspects that I have from going to the selection.”
