Valiant, pushed by its supporters, FC Rouen delivered a great duel with LOSC this Friday, but did not manage to recreate the feat (0-1). The locals, surprised by the level displayed, appreciated the respect of the Mastiffs despite the gap on paper.
For the first time since his arrival at FC Rouen, Régis Brouard experienced defeat. It was this Friday, on the pitch of the Stade Robert-Diochon, during the 32nd finals of the Coupe de France. His team, resident of National, logically suffered the superiority of LOSC, but the respect displayed, as much as the level, by the Mastiffs was saluted at the final whistle:
“We are never very proud when we lose. We can't be proud of a defeat, but we didn't have any regrets either. We have to admit, this Lille team is really a great teamrecognized the Rouen technician in comments given to The Channel
The Team. We were in great difficulty in the first half. They have this ability to dezone, to put a lot of movements and to combine in small spaces. We suffered in the first half. We had a strong moment in the second half. Maybe we had the ability to equalize. I would have liked to see how the match turned out if we had succeeded. But we must admit that Lille's victory is well deserved. »
The Red Devils coach continues: “We played the match we had to play, it was the cup. It was a level problem. Lille took us very seriously. They put their team together. You would have thought they were going to rotate their squad, but almost everyone played apart from their suspended and injured players. They took the match with a lot of diligence, a lot of seriousness and that’s something very respectable on their part.”he said.
The players
Captain of FC Rouen 1899, Clement Bassin
was the first to appear in front of the media, succeeding his coach. The central defender remained in the overall analysis of the meeting: “I think Lille started the match strong to try to take cover very quickly. For our part, I found ourselves a little timid on the inside. Faced with a club of this caliber, it's true that it's never easy to respond quickly to different issues. The gap of only one goal at the break allowed us to stay in the match, to believe in it. In the end, the second half was much better because we managed to resolve a few problems and they decreased in intensity. Finally, we could have been rewarded for our highlights. I think you can't have many regrets. We have to move on, it’s still a Champions League team facing us”he said.
The last one to show up in the mixed zone was none other than
Valentin Sansonsecond central defender:
“It was a range above what we had experienced last yearhe admitted from the outset, comparing the adversity encountered to what he experienced last season by eliminating Toulouse FC then AS Monaco on penalties. We came out of the front door and that’s what we have to remember, is that we were able to compete throughout the second half with a team of this level”he thus concluded the ball of reactions this Friday, in the bowels of the Stade Robert-Diochon.
