Refractory to the idea of changing his game plan, at least that’s what he let slip in a press conference the day before the match, Bruno Genesio lined up a four-man defense for the very first time this Saturday (3-3). He justified this choice at the final whistle.
“When you’re in a difficult series, there are often two observations that come up all the time, including the game system: is it suitable? I would like to remind you that it allowed us to qualify against Fenerbahce and Slavia (Prague) and to play a very good match against Paris.”Bruno Genesio told the media this Friday, the day before hosting RC Strasbourg. The next day, on the pitch at the Decathlon Arena – Stade Pierre Mauroy, it was a defence made up of four men (Meunier, Diakité, Mandi, Gudmundsson) who took their places on the pitch. Conceding three goals, it experienced some difficulties and prompted the LOSC coach to detail his choices at the final whistle: ” It was to have an extra player in midfield, to have someone closer to Jonathan David in the possession phases”he began his press conference.
Now launched, he continues: “It’s been a while since we played in this pattern and there may have been a lack of reference pointsacknowledged Bruno Genesio. We can also take into account the fact that we played a lot, a lot, a lot of games at the start of the season, more than any other team and that is perhaps a parameter to take into account (contrary to what he said a few hours earlier, editor’s note). Despite everything, I saw attitudes that reassure me. They went to the end of their current strength and the contribution of the players on the bench is a good sign. We are obviously not satisfied, but there are still signs that give me strength and hope.
These changes allowed the Dogues to perform well in front of the opposing goal, scoring three goals in front of their home crowd: “We played in a much simpler wayagreed Bruno Genesio, citing the Lille attack as a positive point during this game. There were more runs forward and more intentions to do it, to play forward. Now we have to find the balance to score goals while being more solid when losing the ball.”he concluded to our microphone, in a press conference at the final whistle of LOSC – RC Strasbourg (3-3).
