The post-match feeling
“What if I shook? No, but we knew that we could experience a scenario like this in sectional form, be tested through the result, not necessarily in relation to adversity because we had total domination. On their first outing, they scored. It’s part of the cup journey, to know how we can come back in this type of match. When you are down 1-0 in this context, with the intense cold, you have to remain calm as we were against Les Sables, and find the solution through play. It came on a magnificent set piece. We then managed to make a difference.
These are difficult matches. In the Cup, we should not expect to experience walks in the park. We managed to qualify, that’s the most important thing. »
Cantilian resistance:
“They gave us problems in their athletic impact, in the quality of play that they sometimes offered, in the logic of playing on deep balls with players who move quickly. In N2, there are players who have gone through training centers or many others who have not managed to keep their place in Ligue 1 or Ligue 2. They have experienced players with Ernest Seka for example behind. Afterwards, we must be better in quality, we must be more dominant in the final gesture and our ability to find the fault. We are perfectible. The positive aspect is that we still score three goals. We score every time, we score a lot, we have to keep that. »
The first goal of Elias Legend Quinonez
“He’s ready. In training, he is at the intensity we demand, on a technical level too. He enters the competition, he is one of the very high level attackers. We wanted to create emulation within the attack, we need that. Today he comes in, he is decisive. He is a boy who works, who advances quickly. He must also understand that this involves learning. I am very happy to see him score, because it is important for an attacker to validate it with statistics. »
Alidu Seidu out with injury
“He took a very big tackle. He has a big wound on his shin, he couldn’t continue playing, the pain was too intense. We have to hope he recovers quickly but it may take time. We have the chance to play in seven days, the match against Le Havre is quite far away. I hope it’ll be OK. »
Quentin Merlin’s performance
“He stays at the end of training to hit direct free kicks. He has a great left foot, his free kick is magnificent. What I like about what Quentin does is that he started as a right piston, and he finished as a left piston. We also saw him very good against Lille in the interior of the game. He offers us a very interesting palette. »
