Pascal Dupraz (Saint-Étienne coach, after the draw at Lille 0-0): “When I watch my team’s first half, I’m satisfied because we’re running the clock, but we could have taken more. We reigned, we dominated LOSC in the first half. We lacked that little offensive relevance, that killer instinct. It was more difficult in the second period and the more the match progressed, the less comfortable we were technically, we had a lot of waste. But AS Saint-Etienne does not show the face of a dead and buried team…
This game is our own Champions League! After losing 1-3 in Paris showing good dispositions, we managed our second match against a team of Champions League level. That’s a good point. It’s encouraging, we keep the clock ticking, we show that we’re there. The players had the merit of picking up the poorly ranked peloton when we were dropped, and today we have the fate of Saint-Étienne between our feet and in our hands. We are moving forward and steadily with fourteen points over the last seven matches.
What is remarkable with this group is that they don’t give up. He did not let go under the orders of Claude Puel and he does not let go with me. The staff trust the players and the players trust us. I’m not just a so-called leader of men, I also have ideas about football. I don’t develop them much in front of you because it only interests insiders! »