Rennes coach Habib Beye savored the victory of his players in pain on Friday on the pitch of Paris FC (0-1). His counterpart Stéphane Gilli regretted the lack of efficiency of his team.
Twelve matches played, still twenty-two to come. “It will be complicated to win them all just with the quality of play”recognized Habib Beye, Friday after the painful victory of his Stade Rennais on the pitch of Paris FC (0-1). The Breton coach praised “state of mind” et “everyone’s involvement” at the end of a «match difficile».
“It was a fairly closed match in the first half where we lacked technical quality, Beye dissected. You have to know how to manage these matches. For a month we have been scoring all the time. You also have to know how to win these matches at 1-0.” His Parisian counterpart, Stéphane Gilli, greeted opponents “effective, solid, rigorous”. “I thought we would suffer a little more”he conceded.
We did well, but to win matches in Ligue 1, you have to be more efficient.
Stéphane Gilli, coach of Paris FC
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His players clearly dominated the match and piled up scoring opportunities, twice hitting the posts. “We were a little more timid, more timid in the first half. In the second half, what can I blame my players for? Apart from efficiency… We did well, but to win matches in Ligue 1, you have to be more efficient. If we can’t win it, we must not lose it.”Gilli summarized.
Beye noted “impatience in the last 30 meters” but considers «important» that Stade Rennais knew “maintain stability around the club, around my situation”he who was on an ejection seat just a week ago. Here are the Rouge et Noir with two victories in a row (after that against Strasbourg, 4-0) for the first time this season. “It’s only two wins in a row”tempered the former OM captain.
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Paris FC could have said the same this Friday, if it had continued after its success in Monaco the previous weekend (0-1). “I said it, these results (also the spectacular draw against Lyon, 3-3) will only be good if there is a result tonight, that was not the case”lamented Gilli, making fun of the “disappointment” but convinced that the promoted, 11e of L1 has the weapons to achieve its objectives.
“I have a group that is progressing, that’s what matters to me”replied the Parisian coach after a question implying a possible reinforcement in attack this winter, as rumors suggest. “Even if there is nothing on the accounting level (against Rennes), there is not much missing”he assured. Ilan Kebbal and his teammates will try to prove him right after the international break, on November 23 in Lille.
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