Axel Allag, Media365, published on Wednesday January 15, 2025 at 11:00 a.m.
Although satisfied with LOSC's qualification for the round of 16 of the Coupe de France after the match against OM (1-1; 3 shots on goal to 4), Bruno Genesio was not completely satisfied, promising that he was going to talk to some players about recurring “little lapses in concentration.”
In Marseille, Lille went on a 20th consecutive match without defeat in all competitions, a new record in the club's history, but Bruno Genesio was not completely convinced despite the qualification of his team for the round of 16 of the Coupe de France and, by extension, the elimination of a contender for the final coronation. Obviously “very happy” with the final result, the technician, speaking to beIN Sports, would have preferred to avoid the penalty shootout, and therefore the equalization conceded in the 95th minute following Luis Henrique's shot.
“There are still things to improve if we want to do great things”
“There is also a little hint, not of anger, but of frustration at being forced to go to penalties when we had the victory. Once again, we conceded a goal in stoppage time with situations in which we must defend better We will still have to remedy these small jumps in concentration which cost us dearly each time at the end of the match”, noted the Mastiffs technician, who repeated, more or less, the same speech. a few minutes later at a press conference. “We will have to remember this end of the match. I don't want to be a killjoy but we came out on penalties and I can't imagine if it had been the other way around… Despite qualifying, I'm going to drive home the point,” he said, undoubtedly in reference to his anger following the draw against Auxerre last weekend (0-0).
“I’m going to talk about it with some,” said Bruno Genesio, aware of the room for improvement for a LOSC not yet at its best level. “There are still things to improve if we want to do great things, if we want to progress, if we want to finish at the top of the Ligue 1 table, if we want to go far in this competition and if we want to qualify in Champions League. These are small details which, at a very high level, can be very expensive, like the goal we conceded this evening. After this qualification, the Mastiffs will return to Ligue 1 against Nice on Friday evening at the opening of the 18th day (9:05 p.m.). With the possibility of extending their unbeaten streak to 21 games.
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