Zoumana Camara did not dwell on the result of his team, qualified for the quarter-finals of the Under-19 Champions League. Despite the victory against Sevilla (2-0) at Camp des Loges on Tuesday afternoon, the coach of Titis points to the attitude of his players, who fell into the trap of Andalusian provocations. Scorer, Xavi Simons will be suspended for the next round, just like Wilson Odobert, excluded for an uncontrolled tackle at the end of the match. The scuffles that concluded the meeting could lead to further suspensions.
Is this victory a relief?
ZOUMANA CAMARA. I wouldn’t call it relief. I would speak of satisfaction in relation to qualification but frustration in relation to the rest.
What are you referring to? Gambling ? To the behavior at the end of the match?
Both. I would have liked my team to have more control in the second half, eleven against ten, to have them run to create more chances. What often happens in football, the ten-man team feels more focused. The numerical superiority was not seen. We had a lot of bullet losses in the construction. We were not immune to conceding a goal. In the end, of course, one also regrets the incidents.
Are you annoyed by your players who fell for the Sevilla trap?
It annoyed me, yes. They were warned. Sevilla have a great team but that’s their mindset. Spanish football is like that. They know how to be aggressive, tricksters. But they are good ball players, technically and tactically. And we shouldn’t fall into the trap. As soon as we were leading in the score, we no longer had to get into that game. We had to stay focused on the football and the pitch.
“The suspended ones? There will be other players
What do you tell them after the meeting?
I have to talk about it. I cannot be satisfied with the qualification. They are in training, learning. To go higher, you have to know how to keep calm despite the context. We’re lucky it’s here (Editor’s note: at Camp des Loges). If the match had taken place there, what would we have done? There would have been the public in addition, an atmosphere against us. You have to keep your cool and think only of the field. I told them: if we want to go further, we will need more control in the game and not respond to provocations.
Do you fear future suspensions, especially with the referee’s report?
For the moment, I don’t ask myself the question. There will be images on both sides. But I always adapted. There will be other players who will be there and seize the opportunity. The group is expanded. We will play with two who will seize this opportunity.
How do we correct these behavior errors?
It is to work in training on calm, with the state of fatigue. We can give instructions that create frustration. We’ll work on that. They must realize that they are at PSG. They represent an important club, an institution. The behavior goes with it. It’s not just talent on the pitch.
