On the eve of the shock against Paris Saint-Germain, perhaps decisive for the rest of the championship, Christophe Galtier was present at a press conference.
In front of the journalists, the coach of LOSC returned among other things to the title race, to Lille's defeat against Paris Saint-Germain in the Coupe de France or even to the rumors sending him to the side of Olympique Lyonnais.
The 1-2 defeat against Nîmes:
“We were logically sanctioned against Nîmes because we had forgotten our fundamentals.
Apart from individualities, we are above all a team, a collective.
We hadn't played that match as a team and collectively. ”
The players who left with their national team:
“Zeki Çelik did not return from selection.
He is still in isolation at his home in Turkey because he was a victim of Covid-19.
The others returned gradually.
Some have had a lot of playing time, like José Fonte, who has played the last two matches with his selection.
There is also Burak Yilmaz who has chained four matches, the one against Nîmes and three with his selection.
He is fine, he has no particular problem.
To see if he will have all the freshness to be efficient throughout the duration of the Paris match.
I spoke with him this morning.
It had been nine weeks since he played.
To chain four matches is a lot.
As to whether it will start or not, I haven't made the decision yet.
I'll check in with him tomorrow morning.
Regarding the others, I was happy to see that the U21 internationals were able to play.
Too bad Tiago Djalo did not play, it would have given him rhythm.
They returned home without a sore spot. "
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On the absent from PSG:
“I do not know who are the absent on the side of Paris Saint-Germain.
Paris remains a large workforce, with a large collective and also strong individualities.
Their South American players did not come and play.
There they had to recover well and improve their physical condition.
I don't know what their starting XI will be, but we know that there is a lot of talent on the Parisian side. ”
"Whoever wins will not automatically be champion"
The 3-0 defeat against PSG in the Coupe de France:
“We must correct what did not work well.
The score remains the score, 3-0.
But there was the truth of the surfaces with a more surgical team on the offensive plan, and we stumbled on Navas.
We are not going to radically change things, there may be readjustments in certain sectors.
If we look at the result, it is unequivocal.
3-0, clear, crisp, precise.
But then there is the reality of the match.
We could have come back to 2-1 in a strong moment, we could have opened the scoring.
We ran into a good goalkeeper.
We made individual mistakes which punished us in a radical way in the face of the individual quality of Paris.
But that match is over.
We are not going to rely on a defeat, but obviously we have worked on certain points. "
Paris Saint-Germain's 3-0 victory over Lille in the Coupe de France
The shock against Paris:
“We are eight days from the end.
It is a Saturday with important confrontations.
Whoever wins will not automatically be champion.
Whoever loses will have every chance of being in the race.
It's an exciting day in terms of confrontations.
I am not sending a signal to say "if we lose in Paris, it does not matter, we will have seven matches to make up for it".
We have a way to go if we want to fight for the podium to the end.
Afterwards, playing against Paris requires a lot of investment, determination, character and personality.
I hope we have these ingredients.
And then we have to improve our approach in front of goal, our finish to ensure that Paris is in doubt. ”
"My priority will go to LOSC in the discussions that I will have quickly"
The fight for the title:
“I would call it the race for the podium because it's not going to play out much.
Everyone has a tough schedule.
We were in the lead for quite a few days, there we failed against Nîmes and Paris is ahead.
But behind, it grows hard.
I am not thinking about the position of the hunted or the hunter, it is a battle for the podium.
It's always difficult, harsh, it is played on details, on freshness and on composure.
You don't have to question everything when things don't turn out the way you want them to.
If the four leading teams are where they are, it is because they all have qualities and that they have done things well.
We will have to see at the end of the championship which teams are the best equipped.
You have to be clear-headed, not to panic.
You have to know that you can fight to the end.
It will not play out much, we may be very disappointed on the evening of the 38th day.
It will still have been a very fiercely contested championship.
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The absence of supporters:
“You get used to the lack of public, but it's missing.
Football, like all sports, needs an audience, supporters, fans and atmosphere.
It automatically misses.
I won't hide from you that we get used to it.
Unfortunately."
The rumors of departure concerning him:
“It is expected that I will meet the president, Mr. Olivier Letang, quickly.
I will pick up precisely on what was said.
I did not speak with Mr. Aulas.
I did not speak with Juninho.
They did not speak with me, nor with my environment, that things be very clear.
My relations with Mr. Aulas are very friendly.
But it would be badly to know Mr. Aulas, and perhaps badly to know me to make people believe that one can exchange in this period on the future of the ones and the others.
My priority will go to LOSC in the discussions that I will have soon.
I want to confirm, but really, that there was no exchange between Mr. Aulas, Juninho, and my professional environment or myself.
None, none, none. ”
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