Jorge Sampaoli (Marseille coach,1-0 winner at Reims) : “It was a victory in a difficult match against an opponent who defended very well. But I think the victory is deserved. It’s good to have won and maintained the gap with the pursuers because we have a very complicated calendar and the competitors always win so that also obliges us to win. It’s a strategic victory, because we arrived here after a series of matches. We didn’t dominate as much as we would have liked, but we had control of the game and we didn’t concede many chances.
It’s not common to win ten matches out of eleven. We are showing consistency but we will have to maintain it because the last matches will be difficult but also exciting. We will have a complicated match on Thursday (in Feyenoord), then Sunday against Lyon it will still be difficult against a team used to fighting for Europe. We will all have to stay mobilized. »
Oscar Garcia (Reims coach): “There is a lot of frustration. Tactically we were better, we controlled the game, we had the best chances but individual errors cost us the three points. The players were almost perfect. So we can still be satisfied because we played very well against the second best team in the Championship. On the way out, we had already been good. We showed that we could play well against the big teams. »