“Make Saint-Étienne, ASSE and the region proud”

Olivier Dall'Oglio spoke at length about his evening opponent, Olympique Lyonnais, during the pre-match press briefing. He recognizes many qualities in him but wants to make the city, the club and the region proud.

Olivier Dall'Oglio recognizes many qualities in his evening opponent, Olympique Lyonnais. He wants AS Saint-Étienne to be able to resist it to make the city, the club and the region proud: “My view on OL? Already, there is a large workforce. It’s a club that has a lot of ambitions, we know that. They have two or even three top teams in a single squad. They have very high level players, internationals, we know that. We will have to resist all that, we have no choice, the discipline must be there, we must have pride in the jersey, we must go after ourselves. There is no saving possible. It's impossible, the slightest relaxation, they will take advantage of it, we are not here to give gifts to anyone. We have to push ourselves to the limit in a match like that, we have to make the city of Saint-Étienne, ASSE and the region proud in a match like that. (…)

At some point, you will have to feel things; rigor can be offensive too. In the last match, we went for the two goals we scored, the players who scored were caught in the marking, they were not alone and got rid of their opponent. It won't come by itself, that's the rigor too. We will be on this type of thing.”

For the Saint-Etienne coach, Lyon's qualities are particularly offensive: “Their qualities? It could be long. On the attackers, the attacking midfielders, he's talented. We know that certain players through their talent can turn the match around. We saw it Thursday evening, Lacazette coming in and scoring. The goal he sets, it must be set, is talent. Talent is something special that is not seen in all teams.“