How do you feel about the penalty whistled against your team after Brest-ASSE (1-0)?
You saw him like us. It’s not shoulder to shoulder. It’s a blow to the back that throws Lucas Gourna off balance. The same situation in midfield, we would have got the fault. It’s hard to accept. We are still well equipped to see if there is a fault or not. It’s very frustrating to concede this loss under these conditions and in a game that we had overall control even though he missed a few things. Brest only had one chance. There was 30 minutes left to change the situation by making changes. A gambling fact deprives us of a positive result. It’s a shame because we would have deserved it.
You could still have equalized then …
We would have deserved to come back to the score. We hit the bar twice. But the facts are there. It’s a defeat. We can’t go back even if it’s super frustrating and we have to recover to prepare for an important game. The opponent who was playing at home was waiting for us. Until the 60th, we were fine. A game fact got us out of what we wanted to keep doing. It’s difficult. We lose a game that we did not deserve to lose.
Ça ne sert à rien de ressasser.
Are you angry tonight?
There are facts, that’s how it is. We do not have the right to feel sorry or to dwell on it. Some can be downcast, some angry. Then we put on the warming blue and we prepare for the next game. Success must be sought. We went to look for her during badly embarked matches. Today, Saint-Étienne is in its place, that’s how it is. You have to reckon with unforeseen events, bad luck, and the decisions of the referees. It’s part of what we have to face. Above all, we must not suffer and continue to move forward. There is no point in rehashing.
Could your team do better against the Brest block?
It’s not easy to play this team that don’t play with very tight lines and try to block. Despite everything, they remained very dangerous because they excel in their field. They were productive, well done to them but they’re a really difficult team to play and we still lack quality, pressure and offensive projection to get out of some areas. It’s not easy to break free in the current situation, that can be understood too.