The Belgian coach of ASM believes that this meeting against Juve, decisive for the last day of the group stage in the Champions League, could allow his team to “find something positive”.
The see-saw match for AS Monaco? The reception of Juventus Turin on Wednesday in the Champions League “can be used as an electric shock” et “to be a turning point in the season to return to something positive”to subsumption of how many the entraneur of the ASM, Sébasten Pocognol.
“We are going to face a team with confidence. We must stick together in this delicate period (…). But there is no better motivation. It’s in our hands.” he declared at a press conference.
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The Champions League play-off to better recover in Ligue 1?
Monaco could qualify for the play-offs in the round of 16 even in the event of a draw. But “if we calculate too much, we can be negatively surprised”specified the Belgian coach, who saw Juventus, “an intelligent team with experience”beat Naples (3-0) last weekend with “great tactical mastery combined with many individual qualities”.
“We have to be intelligent about managing the meeting. We have to focus on our game plan but also know what is happening elsewhere. Taking a point would almost guarantee us qualification. We will have to play for that, in a daring but thoughtful manner”he continued.
Monaco, which lost two additional players, Eric Dier and Wout Faes, on Saturday in Le Havre (0-0), “has fewer and fewer professional defenders”he noted. The Belgian coach could therefore line up Jordan Teze in central defense and call on the club’s young players, such as Samuel Nibombé and Aladji Bamba. “We lack stability, we have already adapted a lot due to absences. It’s a constant. But many players learn from this difficult period and will emerge stronger, like Zakaria in his role as captain, Maghnès (Akliouche), Golovin or Kehrer.he stressed.
