“Tonight, we conceded these goals because we were not driven by the same defensive principles as usual. We made two big technical errors. We say to ourselves that a five-man defense could have worked better, but in the end, we defended well with four. I regret our start to the match and the fact of not applying what we had agreed on. We got back into the match, and I think we could have put them in more difficulty by pressing them. But he is a very good opponent.
What didn’t I like? This start of the match, the fact of not applying the things that we agree on in order to perform well together. I think it costs us. Before half-time, we reduce the score by pressing. It’s an important part of our game and even an opponent of this level can struggle when pressed. We have an opportunity to get back to 2-2 just before the break. In the second half, we struggled to push a little more to get back into the score. But we are also aware, me first and foremost, that we had a very good opponent facing us. For the changes, these are mainly aspects linked to freshness. They played a lot in the last two matches. The idea was to rotate on these positions. I knew this match was going to be played in two stages, in any case, I hoped it would be played in two stages. »
“We should have approached this second half with more play. To concede two goals like that is difficult to concede. We managed to come back well, but then we stopped playing, I don’t know why. You have to be able to produce plays against this kind of team. You have to remember what didn’t work and improve it for the future. We come back before halftime but we stop playing. We will have to correct what went wrong and start playing football because physically it is difficult when you start clearing the balls. »
“We are disappointed because we played below our standards. We didn’t exist for the first half hour. Georges’ goal puts us back in the match a little, but it’s not enough. It’s been a long time since we lost, but today we fell short. We weren’t there, 15 minutes out of 90 minutes is far too little against Paris. »
“It’s very difficult to play here in Paris. We started the match badly. We need to be more attentive from the start. We have to continue to improve and do better for OL. This match must be a lesson for us in order to progress. »
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