Clement’s situation adds to the feeling of confusion reigning in a club operating without a designated president, without a general manager and without a director of football and which recorded a net loss of 20.50 million euros last season.
Ahead of Sunday’s League Cup semi-final against Motherwell, Clement said he was confident he would retain the support of the board. “I’m very confident about that, because that was also the very clear message from management. They knew everything about the finances and what needs to be done. I think I’ve said enough about the consequences that it may have,” Clement said, referring to the fact that the club had been excluded from the championship because of the importance of its debts to the British tax authorities in 2012.
“Against Aberdeen, I saw a team who gave it their all until the last second of the match. So it’s not a question of a lack of will or abandonment on the part of the team, nor anything like that. We will continue to fight for results and be more consistent. I also feel how the team works, how they were in training today. , the staff took their responsibilities, I take my responsibilities, and we are all moving forward to improve things,” concluded Clement, addressing supporters who were skeptical of him.
FRANCE
Monaco beaten 0-1 at home by Angers.
Beaten in Nice last weekend, AS Monaco lost to Angers (0-1) in the opening match of the 10th day of the French championship. Among the Monegasques, Samuel Nibombe and Eliot Matazo remained on the bench. In the ranking, the Rocher club remains second (20 points) and Angers climbs to 14th position (10 points).
The Angevins, who unlocked their victory counter last week against Saint-Étienne, created the first big opportunity through Jim Allevinah (14th). The SCO was having difficulty getting out of its own half when ex-Monegasque Jean-Eudes Aholou gave it the lead with a long-range shot from the left (29th, 0-1).
Unrecognizable with no shots on target in the first period, the Assémists pressed harder after the break, but they did not overcome the Angevin resistance, especially as Yahia Fofana signed two beautiful saves on strikes from Lamine Camara (66th ) and Breel Embolo (69th). ASM was also able to count on its goalkeeper Radoslaw Majecki, who relaxed well on a volley from Esteban Lepaul (82nd).
