Thomas Siniecki, Media365: published on Saturday December 21, 2024 at 11:10 a.m.
As uncompromising as ever, the Mastiffs coach would have preferred a quieter evening in Normandy.
Lille, it is certain, did not deliver the most impressive of their 17 matches without defeat (current series) in Rouen on Friday evening, qualifying only 1-0 after a goal scored at the start of the match. But it was “not easy to tackle”, as Bruno Génésio recalls (on beIN SPORTS): “It was our 26th match since August and Rouen was on a very good dynamic. We should have killed the match and being calm at half-time, instead of which we remained at the mercy of an error or a set piece, that annoys me. That's also what we're missing in the league. , sometimes, in our times strong.”
Brouard: “We could have equalized!”
The LOSC coach understands that a form of doubt also sets in in these situations, and it is this requirement in all contexts which precisely allows Génésio and his team to constantly move forward. The former Olympique Lyonnais coach, who considers himself a “perfectionist”, still wants to “retain the positive”: “Playing every three days, we know what it costs in terms of energy, especially mental . I congratulate the players.”
Opposite, Régis Brouard can emerge from this duel with his head held high. If he suffers his first defeat after four victories in a row to start his adventure on the Rouen bench, the consulting coach (for the L'Equipe channel) “has a lot of things to remember from this match for the future”: ” It was very complicated in the first half, they have so much individual technical quality… But we could have equalized during our highlight of around ten minutes. It was a real Cup match, with suspense and situations! .” In front of a team located in the top 8 in the Champions League and which, remember, successively defeated Real (1-0) and Atlético (1-3), Rouen has necessarily stored up invaluable experience at its level.
