Sylvain Ripoll (coach of the France Espoirs team, who beat Liechtenstein 5-0): “Games are never easy at the base and this one, we made it easy. We did the first half that we wanted with both a lot of good intentions and good forward projections. We were able to give impetus and alternate it with breadth to find openings. We created a lot of opportunities. We could have led much more widely if we had been more efficient. I really liked the first half because it’s also in matches like that that we measure the state of mind.
It’s tricky to take the easy way out, and that’s what you shouldn’t do. In football, once the difference is made like that, the second half is more sluggish and that’s what happened. This match allowed me to give me playing time. Against Slovakia, we expect another opposition. We had suffered there even though we felt like we were going to fold the game. I have not forgotten that they almost beat Switzerland, they are a solid, athletic team, with big offensive arguments. We will have to be up to this match to get the victory we need. “
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