"It was not the plan."
Christophe Galtier regrets the start of the match of his players this Wednesday at the Parc des Princes.
Lille were eliminated by PSG from the Coupe de France in the round of 16 after a 3-0 defeat.
The Losc coach hopes that this setback will serve his players for the shock of Ligue 1, still at the Parc des Princes, on April 3.
Lille played well this Wednesday evening.
Do you find this 3-0 severe?
CHRISTOPHE GALTIER.
We are eliminated.
There is frustration.
We are apprehensive in the first half.
We had the situations to open the scoring, to equalize.
We watched them play too much.
They have control, they have the ability to put everyone to sleep.
I say it, everyone.
In second, it was much better.
A goal could have made them doubt.
But in the second period, even better in the game, in the pressing, the harassment, we could not score.
Are you not disappointed with individual mistakes and this lack of aggressiveness?
Disappointed, yes.
It was not the game plan. We wanted to play our football, the way we have played for several seasons.
Is it due to PSG, which makes you run when it is physically fresh?
I think we could compete over time.
This is a lesson to be learned for the future.
We didn't have a cup match.
Over the entire match, a lot is missing.
We have to be at another level to compete with this kind of opponent.
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How do you explain that ?
I don't have all the answers yet.
I will ask the same question to my players.
We will show it for the match in 17 or 18 days (
Editor's note: in Ligue 1, April 3 at the Parc des Princes
).
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Do you regret your mistakes?
We made some defensive mistakes.
We judge Mike (Maignan) but he was decisive in Monaco.
Maybe Tiago Djalo needs to intercept the ball.
This penalty is very severe in my eyes.
There is experience in the face.
Are you worried that the gap will widen after this match between the two clubs, in view of the championship match?
It has been around for years.
We will see the states of form in three weeks.
We first have a match on Sunday against Nîmes at home.
We will have to be efficient.
No one can know what will happen here in three weeks.
What do you want to correct in three weeks at the Parc des Princes?
Is it Mauricio who sent you?
(laughs) You manage to make me laugh after an elimination.
It will be necessary to correct things on the duration of the match, the intensity, to defend by advancing.
Either we advance on them and we expose ourselves.
But if we do not advance, we do as in the first period tonight and it makes no sense.
Can this defeat serve you?
The future will tell.
We will rely on the story of the evening for the preparation of the next one.
Basically, PSG is superior to us.
But the history of football, of the championship… I have experienced stories of double confrontations like this one.
I have already lost the first game and won the second.
We eliminated Monaco last year and we took a spanking behind.
I hope we will be in this logic of different matches.