Like everyone else, Angers Sco's coach regrets the lack of efficiency of his players. But before facing Guingamp in the league finals of the League Cup on Wednesday (9:05 pm), he is no more worried than that.
This Coupe de la Ligue match is stuck between the Lyon reception and the trip to Saint-Etienne in the league. Can we expect a turnover?
The idea is above all to try to win at Guingamp. We are lucky to have four days between Lyon and Guingamp, and four more before the one in Saint-Etienne. Play every four days is not a problem. Three days is more complicated, already. It is certain that those who have less playing time must play but unfortunately, for some, they are not fit (Pajot, Manzala, Ait Nouri, El Melali). Too bad…
In recent times, you play well, but it lacks efficiency. This match could also be used to reverse this dynamic ...
We'll see ... They (the Guingampais) have almost no goals in a few games. After that, we must not have ten chances to score, we learned at our expense. So if we only have five chances and put two or three, that will be perfect. These last matches, that's not how it happened. We thought we did not have too many opportunities, finally we had a lot of them but we did not manage to concretize them ... We must not psychot on this. It is a fact. We scored four goals in our last three games. It's not huge considering the opportunities we've created, but it's not like we can not score either
What place does this League Cup have in your mind?
We start with the ambition to go as far as possible but we know very well that to succeed in the Cup, we must meet several parameters. You have to be good at the moment, neither the day before nor the day after. Then you have to have good draws, be effective ... We do not take this competition apart. For us, all matches are important. We must eat in everything.
This first round of the League Cup gives coaches the opportunity to run. It always gives special matches ...
The problem with these matches is that according to the situation of clubs in Ligue 1, ours and Guingamp, our concern is not this one. Because our interest is not going to the quarterfinals of the League Cup and ending up last at that time. But it's a competition in which we are engaged, respected and can bring good things. But if you ask my counterpart of Guingamp (Antoine Kombouaré, last in Ligue 1), if he prefers to win against us or against Nantes, Sunday in the league ... The League Cup, we will play it again next year , for sure. But Ligue 1 is less safe. We must ensure our place.
The players who will play tomorrow will also have the ambition to show themselves ...
There is no ambiguity. I prefer to play. The players too, rather than train. It's more exciting. I do not worry about the motivation of the players.