Christophe Pelissier, AJA coach: “We have this little extra thing called Junior”
“We had a very, very average match, we must not hide it. On the other hand, there was the fact of not giving up and having the will. Even if we had a lot of waste technically by being very poor with certainly not easy weather conditions, we still have to do better to go for victories like that, at the end, in a hurry, it’s a good sign for the group because it shows that they don’t give up. . Even in difficult matches, because It was one. They were really good victories. During the 85th minute, I wanted to bring in Elisha (Owusu) to try to win the match. the quality of our match this evening, if we held a point, it was already good. Afterwards, this last action comes… But on the penultimate, we must still emphasize. Dono’s stop (Léon) who will get us a ball on a cross, very important, and behind us, we have this little extra thing called Junior (Traoré) and who takes out a thorn in our side. It’s a very, very important victory because we have four wins and one draw in five matches, with successful performances like those of Rennes and Marseille. And tonight, we managed to win by playing a very average match and that’s really important.”
Hamed Junior Traoré, AJA playmaker and author of the winning goal: “The first one I headed”
“I’m always positive, until the 100th minute. I believed it, I found myself in the right place and it’s me who scores the goal, I’m happy. I don’t believe it, it’s the first one that I score with my head. I hope to score more like that. Honestly, I’m happy, it gives us the three points at the end. It’s a victory that remains. (laughs). I take off my jersey when I score, I see the stadium starting to shout, the friends coming back onto the pitch, everyone on the pitch to celebrate… It’s crazy. Afterwards, I don’t. I wasn’t calm because there was still a minute to play and until it’s over… We were able to keep the score until the end, and we got the three points. They were victories. important. All matches are different, everyone has their own truth. between the teams who play the first or second phase of the table We have to remain humble. We are on a good path but everyone is waiting for us. We must continue to reproduce what makes us strong and allows us to get the three points. There are times when it will be complicated, but you will always have to be united. It’s a dream time. We really have a good group of players, nice people, who like to play and share moments together and it shows on the pitch. We are here for each other. Everything smiles on us, but we’re not going to say that it’s luck because we work and we put in what it takes. We must not give up.”
Gaëtan Perrin, AJA playmaker: “We continue to move forward”
“We are satisfied with the result. We continue to advance, we take three points. In content, it is a complicated match, we announced it. Angers also came to play their match. The conditions did not help to produce the football we would have wanted, but we showed other values and solidarity. We don’t concede a goal, it’s very important and behind it, we are rewarded with this goal at the end of the match, that. which also shows the self-sacrifice of the entire team who never give up nothing until the end I don’t think we relaxed. There was a little more technical waste but in the efforts, in the collective, we were present. a match, it still shows a certain solidity and a state of mind. Tonight, we can remember this positive thing.
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