“Go back to our fundamentals and we will find success again”

Frustrated and angry at the defeat conceded at home against Angers (0-1), the Monegasque coach presented himself at a press conference.

He would certainly have another outcome for his 50th on the Monegasque bench. Lacking success against the tightly grouped Angevin block, the Rouge et Blanc lost on their pitch at the Stade Louis-II (0-1). An unfavorable scenario that coach Adi Hütter tried to explain at a press conference in front of journalists. Excerpts. ????️

Good evening coach. Is this the worst game of the season?

Yes it is. We missed everything, especially in the first half. Angers had a good match this evening but I repeat, we missed everything. We must apologize to the fans of this first period. We're going to have to analyze this.

I have already answered several questions about our ability to compete and beat PSG but you have to know how to be humble. We have qualities but we always have to fight for 90 minutes because that's football. All the teams want to beat us. We didn't defend well, as we could in the first weeks. We have to go back to our fundamentals and we will find success again.

Do you think your players may have underestimated this team?

Yesterday, when we did the analysis work, we were clear with my players. We showed them their latest results and they could see they were in good form with two draws at Marseille and Toulouse, as well as a win against Saint-Etienne last week. I told them that we had to be careful and not underestimate them because they play good football. This was the case this evening and Angers deserve to win this match.

Why does 4-4-2 work less well?

We made this decision to play two up front in order to have more offensive players in the opposing area. Unfortunately, what we were doing was not very dangerous, slow and lacked rhythm. We also wanted to give George confidence so he could score, but it didn't work. We then made the decision to release him for Eliesse, and to put Taki' in support of Breel as a second attacker.

What should you say to the players after a match like that?

I always talk to my players about performances and tonight we cannot accept that. We have to find our strength, our style of play and our identity, that's all we lacked in the first half especially. There was a problem with pressing, we had no ideas with the ball and we played slow football.

The defense was also disorganized at times. It's very difficult to find the right words but it's a big disappointment, the second in a week. We must remain united and be combative. My job is to find solutions but we can't have lost our style of play in a week.

This is the first time that you have lost two matches in a row on the bench at AS Monaco. What is your feeling?

We have taken one point out of nine in the last three games, it's too few. We are guilty of this, we have not been able to keep our emotions under control all the time. Today, we were missing five players (Zakaria, Salisu, Balogun, Vanderson and Teze) but that is not an excuse because I am convinced that we had to beat Angers with this squad and this quality on the pitch.

Is the absence of Denis Zakaria one of the reasons for this defeat?

Denis is very important, he is our stabilizer, our captain and has a big impact. We miss him but we have to find other solutions as a team. I repeat but it was really a bad performance, the worst of the season. Respect to Angers for this victory, and for our part, we must bounce back as quickly as possible.