If Losc provided the essentials by dominating Rijeka during the first leg of the Europa League Conference (2-1), Paulo Fonseca, the northern coach, was not happy at all…
Lille finally got out of the trap. Led by Rijeka at Stade Pierre-Mauroy, Paulo Fonseca’s men managed to reverse the situation to finally win (2-1). However, the northern coach did not like what he saw.
“We dominated the whole match, against a team that defended very low. But in the end, Lucas (Chevalier) preserved the victory. We played against a good team, with quality. But we lacked humility in this game. We didn’t fight hard enough to win and honestly I don’t like the game we had.” he said after the meeting, adding: “I think we didn’t defend well today. The duels, the individual situations, the placement… We do not have the necessary concentration.
And Olivier LĂ©tang, the president of Losc, was on the same line as his coach. “What I remember already is that we won. The important thing for us is to qualify. We know that we will have a difficult second round, in an environment with a lot of pressure. We didn’t like the attitudes, he lamented. If we think it will be easy, if we arrive on the field being calm, we cannot pass. We had a very complicated first half. Is it a mindset issue? We’re going to talk about it with the boys, but that’s internal. I prefer to stay on the winning side.”
