Frédéric Antonetti, FC Metz coach
“It’s a very negative result since the start of the season, we have no margin. We’re going to hang on. If we had been dominated by this team from Troyes, I would be worried. This is not the case. What worries me, however, is that faced with this kind of team, we have trouble. Faced with well-grouped teams, we can’t do it. We have to analyze things, success eludes us. We will have to provoke her. We had chances by Sarr, but we get trapped on a ball lost stupidly in the middle of the field. It is the responsibility of the players on the marking. These kinds of mistakes should not be made. There are players who are not at their best right now. When it doesn’t want to smile, it doesn’t. The first half was good, we are missing the goal. It’s not easy to play against this kind of team. We must do more, in the gift of oneself, offensively, in the races. We are in the hard, I know that. Today we can say that we miss John Boye very much. Financially, I am told that we must save money. I should have insisted that he stay. “
Laurent Battles, Troyes trainer
“This victory does us a lot of good. After the international break, taking three points was very important. We don’t need to get excited because we won in Metz. We were very good defensively, we got the ball out very well. I am very happy for the club. We had taken two goals per game before, we had to be solid. To win, you must not take goals, it’s quite commonplace but it’s the truth. In the first half, we didn’t create an opportunity. Gerson Rodrigues’ goal did us good at the start of the second. His match is very interesting. The entries of players to keep the ball, to move forward, have done us good. It will give confidence to everyone. We are a new team, we have things to build. “”
