Gérald Baticle (Angers coach,
after the 2-2 draw in Saint-Etienne
)
: “
The frustration comes from the scenario and the late goal.
It's always hard but you have to know how to analyze the match.
We did not deliver our best first half, nor our best second half.
We lacked the aggressiveness in the duels and to bypass the Stéphanois block which is able to put the impact in the high pressing.
We wanted to pierce them with their defensive animation.
Part of the credit goes to them and the other part to us because we lost out of balls.
This allowed the Stéphanois to believe in it by recovering balloons very high.
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With the delay of the kick-off, we tried above all not to cool down in order to stay athletically warm. The referee warned us that we would have ten minutes of warm-up on the pitch. We adapted and in the end the match went well, in good conditions. These repeated incidents surprise me because we were all frustrated not to go to the matches because of the Covid. We should all be happy to meet up and experience great festive moments, but there are excesses. Responsible people must find solutions so that we find these festive moments.
"
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