“What did your team miss this Sunday evening?
We are beaten on set pieces, which put Marseille back in place. And on small errors like the third goal, on the bad recovery (from Ratao) in the axis. In these matches, you have to be extremely precise. I’m disappointed for my players because we played a very good game. We had one of the best referees in Europe (Stéphanie Frappart) who was not having a good day tonight, with two attacks on (Gabriel) Suazo and (Zakaria) Aboulkhlal. That’s how it is, in adversity you always have to show yourself worthy.
A draw would have been more deserved, in your opinion? With better refereeing?
What is hard is that we feel that on certain facts of the game, it was not clear. We are very proud to have the best referees in Europe, but sometimes, she like me, we are not having a good day. But we fought until the end. In terms of data, the match was very balanced.
Your team put a lot of intensity in the first period. Is this the main satisfaction?
This is also where we miss the boat perhaps, because we have very big chances to score. In the first half and in the last half hour, the team pushed hard to come back. The only regret is the set pieces that made the difference.
Nevertheless, does this meeting make you want to look higher in the rankings?
The ambition is on the ground, in the game. We are not too much in the announcement effects. We stay focused on what we have to do. But the team is progressing, it’s true. The team is gaining consistency with some players, although it is quite young and inexperienced. We can see that we are capable of competing with this Marseille team. This is what gives me a lot of regret to leave with zero points, especially for our supporters who were top again tonight. »
