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 Létang, 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.”
