Pierre Aristouy, coach of Nantes, who beat Strasbourg (2-1) at the opening of the 8th day of Ligue 1: “I am satisfied to have attended this match of my players. I liked the content. I think the result is not usurped. We could even have refrained from getting, again, a little scare at the end (Strasbourg reduced the gap in added time). There is a realization in this match of what we are trying to do.
The first half, we saw us holding the ball, we saw us creating chances, we had a lot of set-piece situations. We were perhaps surprised in the end to have such control over the meeting and we sometimes rushed into the last gesture. I was very frustrated with last weekend (3-1 defeat at Rennes), I am happy today that we found some color, that we restarted the counter and above all that we found certainties in the game.”
Patrick Vieira, Strasbourg coach : “Nantes was superior in all areas. It was a collective failure. We didn’t know how to adapt on the pitch and I think we lost a little control. We lacked too many basic elements to be able to compete. We lacked personality in the decision-making to get the ball out from behind.
We didn’t take enough risks, as if we lacked confidence. We lacked rhythm, courage. Overall, I don’t question everything we’ve done since the start of the season, but it’s true that today there were huge shortcomings. You will have to erase them. From start to finish, we didn’t show much. It’s the worst match since I’ve been here. »