Pascal Dupraz (Saint-Etienne coach, after the 2-2 draw at Bordeaux): “It is a point against a direct competitor who has a disbursement of four points on ASSE. We also have a favorable goal difference that could count. I do not look at the classification but with 31 points, we are not staying in L1. There are five games left, we have to recover. (On the commotion at the end) We’re alive, that’s the shining proof. The first half was messy, we lacked a lot of ingredients to compete. We had a size deficit on set pieces which was detrimental. Then the players grabbed their 19th point after being behind. This team is healthy and alive, but we have to fix these defensive problems, we have to stop taking stupid cards and we have to find the right formula defensively. It’s very complicated to make a solid defense. This match, we could have lost it, it took the VAR for the Bordelais not to win. But on an action of very good quality, like what our team is not so minimalist as that, we could have scored. We will find the formula because this club deserves to stay in L1. (My players) give me strength, joy, I admire them. Sometimes they irritate me with their defensive hesitations but they are healthy. I have more than hope, I have certainties, they are mine, but ASSE will hold its own.»
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