“Montpellier gave my players the desire to sublimate us”, notes Digard (Nice)

2023-05-28 00:34:30

Didier Digard (Nice coach, 3-2 winner in Montpellier): “It’s hard to explain the difference between the two periods. It’s good and it’s a shame. We complicate things. When you see the potential expressed in the second half, it’s hard to explain it. Sometimes we want to do too well. We repeated things eye to eye at halftime. The players are amazing. I understand that we judge a team by the results, but the players are irreproachable on a daily basis. I am happy that they are rewarded. Gaëtan Laborde (author of a double, editor’s note) always responds even when he passes by. You leave it and wait for it to turn. He is rewarded. People see it in a different way. In the first half, I felt that we weren’t doing what we wanted, unlike Montpellier who applied their game plan perfectly. Montpellier gave my players the desire to sublimate us after the break. In Ligue 1, when you take the ball and juggle, you make players want to reverse things.»