2023-11-10 07:01:02
Lens’ first defeat in the Champions League was not digested by northern coach Franck Haise. Overall dominated by the Dutch PSV Eindhoven (1-0) Tuesday evening in the Netherlands despite a strike on the post from Morgan Guilavogui at the very end of the match, RC Lens gave up second place (synonymous with qualification for the 8th of final) of Group B to their evening opponent before visiting Arsenal on November 29.
At a press conference, the Artesian coach, with supporting statistics, hardly appreciated the refereeing of the German Daniel Siebert and the too many cards received by his players, culminating in an expulsion in Morgan Guilavogui’s stoppages in play.
“We need to be more experienced”
“We made ten fouls, we took eight yellow cards and one red card. The opponent made nineteen and took two yellow cards, indicates Franck Haise. Everyone does what they want with these numbers. We took three boxes for protest. We must be more experienced, more mischievous, more vicious, be a little less naive. I think it’s better to avoid being Tom Thumb in this competition. » Before adding: “I only note the facts…”
This observation obviously does not prevent the Lensois coach from having regrets and from conceding that his team did not do everything well. “We did not manage to remain calm and hermetic,” he admitted. It’s not easy but it was the only way to have more accuracy. I told the players how proud we were of what we had given and shown in C1. But also the need for us to continue to progress so as not to leave this type of meeting frustrated. » Before looking ahead to the future: “We have two matches left against opponents superior to us against whom we will try to win. We know who we are and our position. You just have to rise to the occasion.”
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