Thoughts on the game “We’re sad in the end because the way we set up to play worked well in the first half. We were able to contain them and hit them on the break from time to time. At times we were even able to keep possession and get higher up the pitch, close …
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Sampaoli – “We’ll have to put in a good performance.” “(New signing Cédric) Bakambu is quick, I’ve seen him play in Spain and China. His movement is good and he’ll give us extra options when it comes to scoring goals.” “It’s the first time I’ve had a full squad to choose from. (Valentin) Rongier …
Les Bleus in 2021 An “eventful” year “It’s been an eventful year as we’d never had a calendar year with three different objectives before. The Euros were obviously central to all that, with World Cup qualifying starting beforehand in March and then continuing in September. And we had the (Nations League) final four in the …
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An unfair result? “We had 19 chances, or 19 shots on goal, seven or eight of them on target. Their goal after two minutes took us by surprise, the other two goals were big mistakes on our part. It’s a game that we could’ve won by two or three goals but we didn’t for different …
Approaching a game with nothing riding on it “We have a responsibility to finish off the group in the best way possible. It’s always important to win to keep positive momentum going, both in terms of individual and team performance. It’s true that this could have been a game which decided who qualified from the …
Jorge Vilda and Irene Paredes on Scotland’s Spanish influence Vilda: “This is the first time we’re going to face Scotland in qualifying. Even though we haven’t played against them yet, we know them well, we’ve done lots of analysis on them. We also know their head coach well, Pedro Martínez Losa. He’s put his stamp …
Ben Yedder’s decisive introduction “It’s what any manager likes to see whenever he sends a player on during a game. Myron (Boadu) worked really hard here for 10 days during the international break so he deserved to start today. He played well, fought hard and created some chances for himself. His pace caused problems for …
Reinvigorating the Monaco attack “I know that we’ve been lacking in efficiency recently in the league and the Europa League. We’re obviously not happy with the statistics but we need to stay positive despite everything. During the international break, Wissam (Ben Yedder) and Kevin (Volland) weren’t with us but the rest of the group worked …
Luis Enrique The challenge posed by Greece “Greece have changed system. They played 4-5-1 against us and were very defensive. We saw that they changed system, played some really good games and had some really good results, especially in the two matches against Sweden. I expect them to be fired up in their own stadium …
Satisfied with a draw? “It wasn’t the best match that either team has played, it was very tactical. In the first half, we played too deep and gave the ball away too much. If you’re not able to win, you at least have to know how to avoid defeat. I’m satisfied with a draw, we …