With the DRC, Sébastien Desabre wants to "create a new state of mind"

2022-09-02T14:11:27.836Z

Now based in Kinshasa, the Frenchman Sébastien Desabre therefore left his post as coach of Niort (Ligue 2) amicably and took up his duties as coach of the Leopards. He answers questions...

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With the DRC, Sébastien Desabre wants to "create a new state of mind"

Sebastien Desabre.

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Now based in Kinshasa, the Frenchman Sébastien Desabre therefore left his post as coach of Niort (Ligue 2) amicably and took up his duties as coach of the Leopards.

He answers questions from RFI.

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RFI: How do you feel in your new role?

Sébastien Desabre:

Everything is fine.

I've been here for a week and I'm the CHAN team playing their place in Algeria in January 2023 against Chad next weekend here (2-1 first leg victory in Cameroon).

It is a first foot in the stirrup.

I am also preparing the A-team internship in September in Morocco in Casablanca.

I needed to find a new challenge and the DRC came at the right time.

I'm happy to be with the Leopards.

There is a lot of work to do here.

Having led eight clubs in different championships, and also having been in charge of the Uganda selection, you know the African continent well.

With the DRC, absent from the last CAN, is the challenge great?

This three-year contract should allow me to revitalize a team that has potential.

The goal is to be at the 2026 World Cup. The DRC has a lot of good players, we have to put this selection in its place.

We had two defeats during the first two qualifying days for the next CAN in Côte d'Ivoire.

We will have to perform well next March for the rest of the qualifications and get our ticket to Côte d'Ivoire.

I was appointed manager and coach.

It is important to have weight and to be independent in all the choices.

My mission is also to set up a good organization around the selection.

The performance of a selection depends on the organization and planning of a team.

And I have already changed the medical staff.

I intend to give a different direction.

How to make the selection attractive to all players?

I want to create a new state of mind.

I want to create an atmosphere so that there is a synergy of performance-oriented work.

It's substantive work and we want to reap the benefits in the medium term, that is to say at the next AFCON.

I want players to come to serve their country.

Being selected is an honor.

We must serve the country, and not use the selection.

You have to bring the maximum in terms of play and discipline.

You promised Congolese supporters to make them smile within a year.

Isn't that “putting pressure” on you?

Leopards supporters are demanding of the national team.

But not only in terms of results.

They want us to represent their country well.

They expect us to give a good image of the selection.

We have to move forward in all humility.

And it will start during the internship in Morocco, with the friendly matches on September 23 against Burkina Faso and September 27 against Sierra Leone.

With the DRC, Sébastien Desabre wants to "create a new state of mind"

With the DRC, Sébastien Desabre wants to "create a new state of mind"

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