“Why did your team stop playing in the second period when they seemed to be getting the upper hand?”
I thought we had done the hardest thing by opening the scoring. From the 60th minute of play, we started to have physical problems. This concerned players who have played little recently or not played at all (Onana, Djalo). Faced with OM, used to this type of meeting, we started to lose the middle battle and to retreat. We were punished heavily with few situations. We had them in the first period without being effective. There are also two important Mandanda stops. But we had less mobility to bring out the balloons. We have been put in difficulty and we concede two goals which seem avoidable to us.
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You looked stunned at the end of the meeting …
I was not flabbergasted but a little annoyed with the Olympian profession which consisted in saving time and making the clock tick. I am disappointed because for an hour, I think we had a good game. On situations and especially the second goal, we make a big placement error on the center at the first post. Tonight (Sunday), there were a lot of people absent, which was felt in the middle.
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“I found what Onana could do interesting”
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Is L1’s second place folded?
Yes. On their dynamics and their organization, OM will finish 2nd. With so many points ahead, it will be hard to catch them apart from a cataclysm.
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Why did you start Onana?
To anticipate the next question on Boubakary Soumaré (not on the sheet), there is a situation at the club that I do not comment on. In seasons, there can be tension between a player and his club. We’ll settle this internally and find a solution. Under these conditions, I therefore decided to work on two other options this week (Niasse and Onana).
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I found it interesting what Onana could do. He started to suffer physically at the hour of play. We didn’t win any more balls in the middle and we couldn’t project ourselves forward. Onana worked with us and showed interesting things this week. “
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