After strong choices from Will Still and his staff, the Racing Club de Lens certainly delivered the best performance of its season on the pitch in Reims this season. In control with a lot of ideas, the Artésiens returned to victory (0-2) after their failure against OM a week ago. Will Still has plenty to savor.
“Lens had their most effective match of the season. Hats off to the players, because changing the system with four days of training is not the easiest thing to do. But there were principles in place and a certain efficiency in the two 16 meters which we have lacked until now and which we found again today. It's good to win once, it's good to have performances like that. Now it's up to us to continue, because there are still a lot of points to take, a lot of matches to play, a lot of matches to try to win. But it is sure that it is a positive basis for the future. »
Winning changes
In the changes, there is this defense, now made up of four men. “I always loved playing with fourcontinues the coach. Because we have certain profiles of players who are very effective in this system. Like Angelo today who was very, very good. And then there is the balance which seems to me to be the best in this system. There are many reasons, but it's good. The key players were important at the key moment of the match. We managed to recognize the moments when we were capable of pressing, and the moments when we had to be in a block, much better. Which allowed us to keep a little freshness and energy. Which had often cost us in the past. You have to know how to learn, you have to know how to grow. That's what we did at times today, but there are still a lot of things to correct. »
And on arrival, the Lensois tactician refutes the term relief. “It's more a form of encouragement, in the sense that we know that we have done interesting things and we want to… When you win like that, you always want to play again very quickly. There, we have to wait until next Sunday, which is not ideal.”
But the desire to launch a real dynamic is very present. “That’s what we can hope for. This is what we all hope for. You must not get inflamed. We are going to win the match. There is still a lot to gain behind. Of course there were things to change. There were choices to make. We did them in complete honesty, in complete transparency with everyone. There are still things to respect. This is what we will continue to do.”
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