Stade Rennais – Toulouse / Tambouret: “It lacks pride, courage, solidarity, everything”
After Rennes' defeat against Toulouse, interim Sébastien Tambouret appeared at a press conference.
Analysis: Like after a defeat. We don't like losing, producing things like that, or making people happy. There are things missing, obviously, there is a lack of pride, courage, solidarity, everything. Certainly the intensity in everything we did, the concentration. Even if things don't go very well, conceding a goal like the first is something that's forbidden. We got into it on our own.
Exchanges with Sampaoli: I heard he was at the stadium, that's all. No, no exchange.
Mandanda: Big bruise, crutch. Him with honesty to say for the second half that it was not possible for him to continue.
Groupe : That's what's frustrating and annoying, is that I didn't see that. It was very short, one session on Friday and one on Saturday. But on the contrary, we see that they are already saddened by the situation. They are all aware that it is not enough, are all unhappy about it, that they must do more. We see it during the sessions. I saw guys capable of making good runs in training, guys tackling to defend a goal, happy to score. Arriving here in front of a supportive audience, it didn't stand out. That's the frustration. Because I saw them. What they did over the two days was not that at all.
Players who overplay: I wouldn't say that, because that would have meant trying harder, and I would have liked to at some point. We lacked rigor. We knew that Toulouse was strong on transitions. And we left spaces. We get fooled like that. We knew that in order not to end up on the ropes we had to race the match. We didn't have the races and the first balls behind.
James and Meister outside group: The choices were made with what we saw, saying to ourselves that we wanted the best possible eleven, in their best identity. I did it with all the conviction to tell myself that it was the best team at that moment. Meity? At this point in the match, we lack presence in the area, weight. It's someone I know, who is capable, in this sector who is strong. We didn't use it enough, we didn't see it in the surface. He was drowned out at that moment in our performance, but when he came back it was to bring something to the team.
Two rookies on the starting lineup: There is surely also the fact of knowing more, I admit. With more time and proximity, I might have done things differently. There it was done with the certainty of saying today it is this eleven who will go and get her. But on the history of the recruits or not, it didn't go into it at all.
