Formerly of OM, the Lille midfielder delivers his analysis after Losc’s victory against the Marseille club (3-1) on Friday.
Rémy Cabella (Lille midfielder, after the 3-1 victory over OM ) : «Happy, this victory feels good, and this sequence with seven points out of nine against Brest, Lens and Marseille. We must continue, we are on a good path, it feels good. (on his positioning) We worked a lot putting me on the left side this week. On the pitch, it is the game that determines. When you see the opposing defenders following, especially (Samuel) Gigot who was advancing a little, you make calls. Football is about movement and we did it well. (…) I’ve had a lot of injuries lately but I’ve gotten back into the mindset of wanting to play. The coach gave me a few minutes, sometimes he didn’t make me come in… But I only wanted to play. Every minute he gave me, I gave it my all. I had a very good week. I worked very well. I scored quite a few goals… except yesterday (Thursday), I shot 15 times on goal and missed everything (smile). But I told Jonathan David that I would wear it during the match. I’m happy, we had a great week. We worked well.
The goal ? I watch Kylian Mbappé a lot. And in my action, I think about it: sometimes he doesn’t need to dribble. He knows that there is the defender in front of the goalkeeper and that it can bother him. He doesn’t know if I hit or not. I do my little touch and roll it up. It’s going, there’s success, there’s everything… I’m happy. This allows us to lead 2-0. You have to take an example from the great players, and sometimes it works. It’s a great goal. I see that the goalkeeper is advanced, Pau Lopez is often advanced… (his feeling as a former Marseille player) It’s hard… Marseille, it will remain Marseille, everyone knows that. But I’m from Lille. My heart is red. I’m happy with the victory… but I’m a little sad for the people of Marseille, for the coaches for whom I have a lot of affection. They have a good team. I hope they will regain the good dynamic they had when Jean-Louis (Gasset) and Ghislain (Printant) arrived. There, they have a little difficulty… But individually, they have a lot of quality. It has to work collectively. It’s a very good team. It’s up to them to do the work on the pitch and give 1000%. (on Losc) It’s a little different from last year, but we are much more solid defensively, that’s what makes the difference. We have a great goalkeeper, a great defense and two incredible defensive midfielders. Afterwards, everyone defends, the coach asks a lot of us, otherwise, we go out! Everyone is concerned, those who play, those who return… It’s a great team, we are very solid, we must continue like this.” (in front of the cameras of Amazon Prime Video)
