Jorge Sampaoli, new face of Stade Rennais, was at a press conference this Friday to introduce the upcoming duel with LOSC.
As part of the twelfth day of Ligue 1 McDonald's, LOSC welcomes Stade Rennais on the pitch of the Decathlon Arena – Stade Pierre Mauroy, whose bays will be very well stocked on the occasion of the 80th anniversary of the Lille team. These festivities are a source of uncertainty and could make this duel tricky, especially since the Breton opponent is now led by Jorge Sampaoli, a newcomer to Brittany where he succeeds Julien Stéphan.
A few minutes earlier, Bruno Genesio admitted it himself. He doesn't know what his next opponent's strategy will be, and suffice to say that his Argentinian counterpart is playing it:
“It’s difficult to give you this information, without giving it to Lillehe smiled. For me, the most important thing is the culture that I instill in the players. It doesn't matter if we defend with 5 or 4, whether we play 5-4-1, 4-4-2, I try to instill in each player a way of playing. Afterwards, we try to develop more ideas”he explained.
“It’s a match that we must approach with a lot of courage”
Distrustful, indisposed to give the slightest clue about his choices, Jorge Sampaoli dwelled at length on the difficulty of the upcoming opposition and the values he transmits to his men to fight against an opponent performing well on the European scene: “Against Lille, it will be a very demanding match. They will undoubtedly dominate us at times, there will be other more neutral phases. At times, I hope that we will also dominate them. Over time, leaders should emerge in every line of our team”he hopes.
He continues and concludes: “It’s a match that we must approach with a lot of courage. We have made changes so that this team is not afraid to face LOSC, which is one of the best current teams in the championship and which is also having a very good Champions League.”launched the former coach of Olympique de Marseille at a press conference.
