Relieved. After two setbacks in Rennes (1-0) and Lyon (1-0), as well as narrow success against Paris FC (5-2), Roberto de Zerbi appreciated the victory net and without burr of his team against the Lorient promoted (4-0), this Friday evening, at the Vélodrome stadium.
Does this victory put your hectic start to the season behind you?
The club has made a large transfer window, the team is strong, the players are very good. We can think that this is our first championship match since it is the first time that our players have played together. But it’s the 4th day of the championship, we have to speed up and players must get to know each other. Aguerd, Pavard, O’riley, Vermeeren are smart players, I don’t worry. For Gouiri, he is touched in the shoulder and we must see if he can be there Tuesday.
The recruits have scored and you did not take a goal. Is it a good thing before going to Madrid and receiving Paris?
The atmosphere is different between players now. There is a lot of enthusiasm to wear OM’s tunic. We found our players after the break and I see optimism with them. We will prepare the trip to Madrid tomorrow (read Saturday, note). We go with humility because it is Real and it is to Bernabeu, but we will need a lot of ambitions. It is the Champions League and we carry the history of OM. You have to go to Madrid with the aim of making a good result. This is what the city and the club impose us, but we must not forget where we come from.
Olivier Pants (FC Lorient coach)
“We put ourselves very quickly when we knew that the match would be complicated. We wanted to show another face than against Lille, to be more solid on the defensive level. The team was ready, but the defensive error costs us a penalty, a goal and a red card. We get the task complicated, we make mistakes. 3-0 at halftime, we were afraid to see the spectrum of the last match … And to do everything to not lose the second half.
