What is your first analysis of the match?
Antoine Kombouaré: “Being objective, it’s a fair draw even if we opened the score before them. In the first half, we were in great difficulty. I would say that in the second half, we couldn’t have done worse. We could have continued to sink but I liked the reaction of our team. We recovered the balls higher, we were stronger in the duels, we knew how to hold the balls and come out cleanly, in order to break the Nice defensive block. And we created a few situations that allowed us to regain confidence. »
How to explain this first period?
“Our latest results have not given us confidence, whether it was the draws in Angers and Saint-Etienne or the defeat in Lyon where it was a purge. The way we are playing at the moment does not give confidence. But in any case it’s clear that I didn’t like our first period because we went back too far. We were bothered by their positioning, their very high pistons, the stalling of their attackers. They put us in great difficulty. And our defense was too weak, we gave them a lot of ammunition with too many technical errors from everyone, Mostafa (Mohamed), Matthis (Abline), Jo (Lepenant), Nathan (Zézé)…”
What do we say to the players at half-time, in the locker room?
“We’re already saying that it’s good to go 0-0, we’re very happy. And you tell yourself that if you rectify things, you could hurt them because they missed opportunities and could pay dearly for it. In fact, that’s what almost happened. What I liked was that the players were mentally tough, because they could have faltered. I want to congratulate them for that. »
“An enormous satisfaction to find Alban Lafont at this level”
You finished the match stronger…
“Yes, we must congratulate the entrants. Physically, we finished stronger. We even have regrets with Amian’s shot, Castelletto’s header and Lepenant’s beautiful strike. But the goalkeeper makes a superb save. Speaking of goalkeepers, it’s also a huge satisfaction to find Alban Lafont at this level. When he’s like that, he’s very important to us. »
Unfortunately, the equalizer arrives still five minutes after the opening of the score…
“We can’t do it!” This is the disappointment of this match. We knew that by taking the advantage, Nice was going to take a big blow to the head. It’s a fair draw but it bothers me that the equalizer comes so early. Every match, we get caught too quickly, whether it’s Montpellier, Reims, Angers…”
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