A victory without manner
I can’t say that I’m very happy with this victory, I would say that I’m relieved. It was a match under pressure, with a lot at stake, we knew we had to win tonight to avoid finding ourselves in a difficult situation. It’s that simple. If Troyes had won, we would have been left behind in the standings and we would have had more pressure afterwards. It’s not a great performance but it’s a good result which will help us for the future, I hope. I would like to congratulate our players for their combative spirit and their solidarity.
An ASSE with two faces
We delivered a decent first period and found ourselves with a three-goal advantage at half-time. I hoped that we would attack the second half with the same desire to score other goals as against Pau. We started it in the right way with this face-to-face for Joshua Duffus, but we did not manage to score this fourth goal. And when we come to Troyes, we know that we have to put this team in difficulty, before it is them who do it. This is what we managed to do in the first period. On the other hand, on the second, we didn’t dare enough. This is why we end up with this result.
Kevin Pedro’s first in Ligue 2
Kevin is a good player. I take my hat off to him. We included him, with Axel Dodote, in the last training session when we learned of the withdrawals of Maxime Bernauer and Joao Ferreira. It’s a good thing that we were able to rely on him, like Axel Dodote who also participated in training. We were comfortable with the idea of fielding Kévin this evening. He performed very well with the reserve team. From the start, we had the feeling that he was going to be there. I really want to salute his match, his performance as I would like to salute the very good work of our Training Center which allows us to count on good players.
