The reactions of Lamine Camara and George Ilenikhena after Lille

Both disappointed not to have won but satisfied to have held the draw in numerical inferiority against Lille (0-0), the midfielder and the attacker presented themselves in the mixed zone.

They still remain undefeated this season. Dominant against LOSC despite a numerical inferiority of 30 minutes, the AS Monaco players lacked efficiency in finding the fault (0-0). Both frustrated but satisfied to have taken a point in these conditions, Lamine Camara and George Ilenikhena presented themselves in the mixed zone. Excerpts. ????️

Good evening Lamine. We see you tired, it was a big match in terms of physical intensity.

Indeed, it was a big match and we knew it was going to be difficult. The coach told us that Lille was a good team which had notably beaten Real Madrid. We had to take them seriously, that’s what we did. Our style of play is to do a lot of pressing from the start.

We lacked a little efficiency in achieving domination but we will work on that to do better later. We were then able to hold on despite a 30-minute numerical inferiority. Fatigue was present at the end, we gave everything to win the match, unfortunately, we did not succeed and we will settle for a draw. We will now focus on the other matches.

It’s super interesting to see that you don’t concede anything even when outnumbered.

It shows the character of the team. Everyone is united, we give our all and we help each other to hold on. This state of mind will help us throughout the season, and we hope to continue like this. We work hard in training, the coach insists a lot on that, on remaining compact both defensively and offensively. I think we showed that tonight.

How have you been feeling since your arrival in Monaco?

The player, the staff and the Club staff did everything to facilitate my integration. They helped me a lot and I have felt good since my arrival. I prepared myself to play in a team of the level of Monaco.

In what state of mind are you approaching this Champions League match against Belgrade?

We approach it like other matches, we will prepare it well to win at home. We know that Belgrade is coming off a defeat at Inter, they are not going to come here to watch us play. We will need to achieve a good result to then arrive with confidence for the Derby in Nice.

George Ilenikhena’s reaction

Good evening George. What is your main feeling after this draw?

To begin with, it was a big match against a team that is also playing in the Champions League. We had to respond present. We are not frustrated with this result because we took a point, despite being inferior by 30 minutes. We started well by pressing high, recovered a lot of balls to project ourselves quickly in order to score. It’s our style of play but today we perhaps lacked efficiency. In any case, we will keep our heads high and continue to work.

How can we explain this lack of efficiency?

That’s how it is, there are matches where we can lack efficiency. There are still a lot of matches left, we will continue to work to put them through the next matches.

Was the expulsion of Jordan Teze the turning point of the match?

Not necessarily because even with 10 men, we didn’t concede many chances and we even almost scored through Denis. So I think that it didn’t change the appearance of the meeting too much. We would obviously have liked to come away with the three points, but that’s how it is, that’s football.

Two big matches will happen now with Belgrade then Nice…

We will focus on the two matches and take them one by one. There is Belgrade first, we are focusing on that to prepare for this meeting quietly before thinking about the Derby. It’s good to continue at home again in front of our supporters who push us and give us positive energy.