A defeat that ends the Red and Blue Invincibility series in the championship this season. Luis Enrique's men remained on 30 consecutive games without defeat. A success that comes at the wrong time to know just before the semi-final go to the Champions League on the lawn of Arsenal.
After the meeting, at a press conference, Luis Enrique did not hide his disappointment as for the result but affirms that he is not worried about the shock against the Gunners of Mikel Arteta.
“Does the worried result?” Compared to what I have seen, I immediately sign for Tuesday, in London, and for the return match. Not for the result, of course, but I saw a team that had 30 opportunities to score. I am not at all worried. We attacked, not calculated, and we fell against a goalkeeper (Marcin Bulka) who made incredible stops. We are the best French team, by far, we have proven it. You have to be courageous now and think about winning the C1, “
he launched to journalists.
“The players are affected”
Largely dominating in this part, the partners of Ousmane Dembélé (decisive passer for Fabian Ruiz) failed to be more effective than their opponents despite the many free situations in the surface of the Niçois.
If the Parisian coach is not worried, he admits, however, that this result touched his players who really aimed to end the invincible season “There, immediately, the players are clearly affected. We deserved to win, no doubt about it. But if the opponent at 100 % efficiency and you don't have your usual efficiency, things run. It's as simple as that. »»
Players in the capital must now turn the Nice page and focus on the semi-final against Arsenal. The Ile -de -France residents are 2 games from a new European final. Business to follow …
