During its press conference, before Sainté – Bordeaux (Sunday, D28 of Ligue 1), the defensive midfielder of the Girondins, Otávio, also posed the challenges of the upcoming duel.
“For us, this is a very important match, but I think for them too. They will be very motivated, after their victory last night (ASSE qualified in the final of the Coupe de France, Editor’s note). But I think that, even if we know that it will be hard, if we do everything that we have worked on, whatever the coach asks us, we can make a very good and come out with the three points. We really need to make a good match, to bring back three points, because if we win we get closer to the top of the table but if we lose we will stay at the bottom. So it’s very important. Having a good match and winning will allow us to continue the season and the championship well.
Our last matches are very good, but we need to finish with the result, so we have to improve on goal and in the game, but it’s very hard. Also, I think we need to be stronger, more solid defensively, because we have to come out with a positive result, but not a draw or a defeat.. We are working a lot, but right now it is very important to finish the winners game and without taking any goals to continue to work well knowing that we set goals, that we advance, and that we concede few. What is hard is to dominate an entire match, as against Saint-Etienne on the first leg (0-1 defeat), and to suffer the goal at the end … But the most important thing is to make a good match there and finish with the victory and the three points. “
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