Stéphane Le Mignan : “Psychologically, it was hard. The match was close, difficult, against an opponent who has a lot of qualities. I think we played a very good game defensively. In the use of the ball, we saw some good sequences and we had more favorable situations than Dunkirk. We could still have opened the score in the first quarter of an hour, through Simon Elisor, but they then managed to calm things down and bring the temperature down. This opponent plays differently, with a goalkeeper as the first receiver and we had to be very attentive, make a lot of effort and take some risks to defend, but it turned out in the right direction. It's mentally beneficial, but we still need to work on certain phases of the game to progress and be even more consistent. Afterwards, it's still a full match against a really very strong team defensively. Now, there is one day of championship and the Coupe de France left before the break. We are going to play against Annecy which has more recovery than us and that is not negligible because it is a team which expends a lot of energy and physical intensity. We will have to be very skilful in our recovery and perhaps also in the use of players. »
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