The midfielder was relieved after his team's victory against Monaco (2-1), Friday January 17.
Joris Chotard (MHSC midfielder): “It wasn't the best match, but today we don't care a bit about the way, I think. We rectified what we did wrong in the first half, that's- that is to say in both areas We managed to remain solid despite the complicated end of the match. We were efficient up front, so that's good.
It feels good, above all, to find this feeling again (of victory, Editor’s note). Afterwards, we shouldn't rest on that either. We are always last. It's been a while since we won, so we're going to benefit from sleeping better, we'll say, this evening. Take advantage of this weekend and get back to work. We know very well that we tend to have big matches against big teams. Afterwards, relax or have less good matches. We will have to correct that for the future and repeat this kind of performance.
We knew very well that against the big teams, we had good matches. There's no reason why things shouldn't be the same today. Like I said, it wasn't a great match. But that's it, I think that's what was needed today, it was to put the heart, the desire. It wasn't necessarily tactically and technically that we were going to win this match. We saw it, but the most important thing was done today.
We had nothing more to lose. We are playing against a very good championship team. We are down one to zero. We couldn't afford to wait for them to put us at 2-0 and say that we only lost 2-0 against Monaco. It's not too bad. No, we had to reverse the trend. As we often say today, it's not the quality of the match. These are the points we need.
-It was endless. Honestly, it feels like every time a clearance is made, the referee is going to blow the whistle. Except he doesn't whistle. It comes back into the surface. We had difficulty clearing the balloons. Towards the end, with the fatigue, the lucidity, we say to ourselves that we are a little afraid of the last matches. We had a lot of matches where we suffered equalizers. We lost the match in the last minutes. Obviously, in this kind of situation, there is a bit of fear that comes back. But we knew how to stay strong, if you can put it like that. We had a great goalkeeper today. Not everything is perfect. We'll settle for that tonight. We needed the 3 points.
It's a mixed feeling for the fans. When, in the first half, we miss a lot of action, it must be frustration. We concede a goal, we lose 1-0 at half-time. Obviously, there is frustration. Afterwards, when you see that we are able to obtain shares, to come back to the score, to score against one of the top 5 teams in the championship, obviously, there is hope returning. We must not disappoint them in this type of situation. We will not have to disappoint them in the next matches.
Mousa (Tamari) had a very good match. We know very well that he is not stingy with his efforts. We saw it again today. He came out completely dead. We know very well the qualities he has. He, but also others, were missing success at the moment. We got it on the first goal. Afterwards, he had lucidity on the second goal, despite all the efforts he had made. We're happy to have this kind of player.”
