Captain, how do you analyze this draw conceded against Brest after having led 2-0?
Dante: It was a draw which left us feeling very frustrated. When you lead 2-0 at home, you have to finish the game with three points. What is unfortunate is that the same errors have been repeated in recent weeks and we cannot seem to correct them. I am speaking in particular of the state of mind that one has after the opening of the score. It's a shame, but everyone has to make their own self-criticism.
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We have the impression that the same scenario is repeated in recent weeks with an OGC Nice team which becomes feverish each time it opens the score…
You know me, I am someone who always seeks the positive sides. I think in life you can do anything. But you have to have the desire, you need a work requirement, you have to know how to accept criticism. Above all, you have to know how to give importance to things that we need to improve. In life, we are all capable of improving.
Isn't this goal you score against your camp the symbol of the excitement of OGC Nice at the moment?
When you defend in your penalty area, you will sooner or later take a goal. We don't attack the ball carrier enough. Any team in Ligue 1 will make you turn left, right. And then you're going to back off because they find calls in depth. You step back, you step back, and you end up making a mistake. Tonight, it fell on me, but I don't need to explain football to you. As soon as you defend too low and you suffer, either you correct immediately, or you take a goal.
By missing the opportunities to get closer to the top 5, can we say that you are in your place today?
I always had the hindsight to tell you that we don't look at the ranking. Everyone says that this championship is not played for nothing. For us, it plays a lot! We haven't been able to pass a level for several weeks: that of a competitive team over 90 minutes. Do you want us to look at the ranking? But, forget about the ranking! One thing is certain: in terms of aggressiveness and demanding, we are relegated! Maybe I am wrong but that is my opinion.
"I don't just criticize my teammates, I criticize myself first"
We feel disillusioned by the turn of events…
Yes. When we look at the content of the matches, we realize that what we have seen this evening, we have already seen in the previous weeks. We have the impression that we already know what will happen to us.
Do you feel fear in your teammates?
No, it is not fear. After the opening of the score, I found that we had a lack of requirement in duels, in races, in aggressiveness, in placement. I don't just criticize my teammates, I criticize myself first. If I am talking about that, it is so that we can improve and not so that we lower our heads. We are going to train for this every day and I will be the first to motivate them. But there comes a time in football when everyone has to think about improving. This is the only way we will get out of it, because everything else we have: we have the game, we have the idea, we have good players ... But it's not sufficient.
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