After the defeat of the Espoirs in Austria (2-1), this Friday, Thierry Henry was not kind to his players.
First hitch for Thierry Henry at the head of the Espoirs. Traveling to Austria this Friday, for the 4th day of the Euro U21 qualifiers, the Bleuets completely missed their point and logically lost (2-0). A first defeat for “Titi”, who had started his adventure as coach with four victories.
“The manner was not great, and I will remain polite”
At the end of the match, Henry did not spare his men. “It was hanging over our heads. This was supposed to happen to us for a while. We saw a team that was playing one of its last chances to qualify. And against a team who thought they were already qualified. We burned our joker. The manner was not great, and I will remain polite. There is something in football called desire. It’s just a question of desire this evening, we lose the second balls. The level was very low. Austria hit the posts four times »thus deplored the former glory of the Gunners at the microphone of the L’Equipe channel.
Thierry Henry after the defeat 💬 “we are still first but it wasn’t great (…) there is something called envy, well done to Austria” #AUTFRA pic.twitter.com/XQ6OvOo8UF
— the L’Équipe channel (@lachainelequipe) November 17, 2023
“This must not happen to us again”
And to add: “We have an opportunity to come back to 1-1 but it would not have been deserved. This must not happen to us again. Nobody wanted to end the first legs like that but when there is no desire… We lost the duels in the head, and those in the midfield. We gave away the ball too early to be blocked and that lifted this team and its audience. Well done to Austria. » Despite this defeat, the Bleuets retain first place in their group.
