Thomas Siniecki, Media365: published on Friday November 29, 2024 at 11:55 p.m.
The opening match of the thirteenth day of Ligue 1, Friday, was also a reunion evening.
For his return to Reims, Will Still managed not to celebrate the Lensois goals in front of his bench, despite the important victory for his team at an already pivotal moment of the season (0-2). “There are things, people and codes to respect, I often say that Stade de Reims placed total trust in me at the age of 30 in order to allow me to become a coach in L1.” Interviewed after the meeting on DAZN, the young Belgian coach, obviously very happy, congratulated his players for having succeeded in applying new instructions in just four days: “We must continue like this, it must serve as a launching pad for us. took considered risks. Brice Samba also made the decisive saves at the right time, the key players made key differences at key moments, that's a lot of keys!
Elsner: “It’s unacceptable and that goes for me too”
Belgian humor, Friday evening, very little for Luka Elsner on the other hand, Will Still's successor on the Reims bench being extremely angry with his team's performance: “We were non-existent on many levels, in the preparation, the way , the race and the duels, everything… It's far from what we are capable of and what it takes to take even one point. We hid, it's unacceptable. and this also applies to me, obviously, because we didn't convey the instructions well enough.” His players literally gave up, according to him: “We watched what was happening hoping for a boost.”
The other young technician in the championship, but still ten years younger – 32 years for Will Still, 42 years for his Slovenian colleague for whom he was assistant in Belgium – must be very negative about after his own words, so as not to hide and understand what happened. He does not hesitate to talk about shame to the supporters: “It happened once, but we will find solutions.” His player Teddy Teuma is no less bitter: “We didn't show character, we weren't tough enough and they walked all over us. We accepted losing even though we should never lower our expectations. arm. You have to accept that nothing was wrong.”
