In this return match between ASSE and Angers, the Angers were keen to take revenge following being beaten in the first leg (2-0). Failed, the Greens punished Angers once more, this time by 3 goals to 0! Here are all the reactions at the end of the pitchside meeting of the different players in this match.
Ibrahim Sissoko (ASSE) : “We approached this match with the desire to do something, and that’s what happened today. We had a very good mentality and it showed in the match.”
On his goal: “I touch the ball and he blocks it for me, she heads towards the goal, but I haven’t seen the images once more.”
Ibrahima Niane (Angers) : “Yes, there is a disappointment. We conceded 2 goals just before the end of the half and that’s what hurt us. We will continue to work. It happens in a match, since the start of This season is the first time we have lost at home. We will continue to work and try to be stronger next time.”
Mathieu Cafaro (ASSE) : “It’s very good, I’m happy. I’m in a good phase, but it’s also thanks to the collective that we all manage to shine. With what we put in the matches, whether once morest Troyes or this one, we confirmed that it was not by chance, and we know it, what we have to put in the matches now to perform, it is the most important. We knew that at home, they were very strong. There was this challenge of coming to tickle them at home. We used the same ingredients as once morest Troyes, we were very efficient and united, and in this way, we can do very good things. We must continue.”
On his good physical shape: “Physically, I worked, there is no secret. The coach helps me a lot. Every day, he talks to me and gives me confidence, and followingwards, it shows on the field. It’s true that it shows, I’m in good shape. Today, we made a big move, we’re back within a few points of the leading teams. We must not stop and continue and collect as many points as possible, we’ll do the math at the end. After the match once morest Dunkirk, we all talked to each other, we all got together. We saw what was going well, what wasn’t going well, we “Things are said and it’s important to move forward. As I said, we have to continue and put in the same ingredients and we will perhaps be able to achieve great things at the end of the season.”
Alexandre Dujeu (Angers coach): “Yes, we came up once morest very strong this evening. We logically lost once morest a great Saint-Étienne team. For our part, we must do better than that. We have proven over many months that we are capable of do much better than that. We remain on 10 home victories, which is remarkable, but today, we logically lost. Everyone is learning from this, me first and foremost. Everyone must be responsible for the situation and if we want to start once more, we have to be clear regarding all that. I think that defending while moving forward is good, trying to recover high balls is good, but on the other hand, we have to do it running is good, but above all you have to run together and run well and that’s what we missed tonight.
I found that for 30 to 35 minutes, we were fine. We had a good situation with Loïs Diony who shifted Farid. What hurts us are set pieces. The one before halftime hurts us a lot. We felt that we had to come back 2 goals once morest this great Saint-Étienne team. We didn’t find the key this evening, we’re going to analyze, we’re going to work, and then we’re going to try to leave. We must not erase everything we have done since the start of the season, because it is good. Now we have to do what we need to do to get going once more and it won’t go away on its own. Now we have to put the right ingredients in.”
Olivier Dall’Oglio (Entraîneur de l’ASSE) : “Two full matches, that’s what we wanted. We want to make a series and we’re onto something interesting. Great, congratulations to the players. Now, we haven’t won anything. All the work done for a a little bit of time starts to pay off. It’s easier when we’ve laid the groundwork. It’s easier when we’re leading, because followingwards, we feel a lot more confident. In certain matches, the team was lacking confidence. And we have a strong state of mind. We win a lot of duels and we can rely on this defense which is very solid. We must highlight the work of the attackers and midfielders in this point.”
On video analysis of players following Dunkirk: “This awareness is huge following the Dunkirk match. What was important was to show that if we played as a team, we might do something other than what we showed. They saw the whole match with a video analyst. The players analyzed it themselves, this match once morest Dunkirk, and they gave feedback to the staff. They were not consumers, they were the ones who saw what they were doing and what they might do. Now they are showing something else.”
On Cardona’s tenure: “There are two things. There is what I saw in training all week and there is what my little flame inside tells me. I listened to myself. I saw Irvin Cardona who came back and gave himself a lot of chances. He was keen to show something else.”
