Defense was still lacking in AS Saint-Etienne Saturday during the 32nd day of Ligue 1 Saturday against AS Monaco (1-3). Faced with a podium candidate, the Greens conceded their 74th goal of the season. 17th, the Stéphanois risk being distant by the barragist, Le Havre (16th) this Sunday afternoon. After the match, the coach, Eirik Hornelandcould only note the usual flaws.
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« It is difficult to start by conceding this goal immediately. Emotionally, it’s hard. But you have to react and fight as since the start of the season. We tried to create something, even if there was too much distance between the players and between the lines to get there. We still felt at the break, that we could correct it. We adjusted things in the second period, we fought to put more quality. We have become more dangerous, we score this nice goal […] In terms of quality, there is a gap between our teams and that is also why Monaco has better take advantage of these highlights. I think that in a very good day, we could have done something in the face of such a team. But that was not the case and this meeting was difficult. Keeping this big intensity on the whole meeting is still complicated for us. »
Source : Asse.fr
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