- The Strasbourg could climb to 5th place if successful against Lille. But they lost 2-1 after leading 1-0. Annoying ...
- Result, they fall back into the soft stomach of the ranking. "We will all have to question ourselves in order to hope to go higher in the ranking because there is something to do this year," says Adrien Thomasson.
- What are the goals of the club? At the start of the season, it was officially maintenance but it could have changed. Thierry Laurey does not clearly announce the color…
At the Meinau stadium,
53 minutes. During 53 minutes of play on Saturday night against Lille, Racing found itself virtually fifth in Ligue 1. After 22 days in the league and when you know where the Alsatian club comes from since its relegation to CFA2 in 2011, the moment was special .
Except that it did not last. Gabriel Silva equalized with a header (65th) then Osimhen offered the victory to the Northerners (79th). The opening of Thomasson's score (12th) had passed, as much as the illusions born at that time. This Sunday morning, the Strasbourgeois fell back to ninth place.
"There is something to do this year"
Frustrating? It is not the evening scorer who will say the opposite. “We have 30 points in the standings, we could have settled in the first part of the table. Now, we will have to win the next match because we are ambitious, we don't want to stay in the soft stomach, ”says Adrien Thomasson, who appeared very upset after the game. “We will all have to question ourselves in order to hope to go higher in the rankings because there is something to do this year. "
How to get one of the qualifying places for a European Cup? The Top 8? The Top 10? The initial objective of the maintenance seems forgotten for the 12th budget of Ligue 1 but none is likely to be too precise in its declarations. "We will see progressively by gaining points," evades defender Mohamed Simakan, barely less verbose than his coach.
To believe it, Thierry Laurey would not look at the current classification. "I already said it, we finished 15th in 2018, 11th last year, we would like to do better but better, that leaves room for a lot of places, explains the Alsatian technician, before sending a message . We will see what it will give at the end but there are moments in the season when we have to seize certain opportunities. "
"Lille did not steal anything during the whole match"
The meeting like Lille on Saturday was one. Especially considering how it was engaged, with this first goal offered by Renato Sanches on a slide in front of its surface. Racing had not yet been dangerous and was already leading ... The Strasbourg could have even doubled the bet on this bad exit from Maignan (34th) or this head of Mitrovic on the next corner (35th). But instead, they suffered after the break, facing suddenly much better Northerners.
🎙️ Thierry #Laurey: "These are the matches that should make us understand the requirement that we must have to keep the advantage when you lead 1-0." # RCSALOSC (1-2) pic.twitter.com/ nMTJ6CBWv3
- RC Strasbourg Alsace (@RCSA) February 1, 2020“Over the entire match, Lille did not steal anything but we can regret the management of the advantage we had taken. We didn't necessarily negotiate the second period well, says Thierry Laurey. It was played on a corner played quickly where we are not attentive and a hand (from Carole) in the area (which leads to the penalty). It's not much, but it's something anyway. We have to progress on this and understand that there are certain mistakes that we must no longer commit. We have to learn from these matches. So that 5th place doesn't fly away after 53 minutes…
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