A stinging and logical defeat against a SRFC team that had all the ingredients to go for this first victory of the season in the championship.
Opposite, the Gones negotiated their match badly and were unable to show themselves to be solid or effective in the important moments. After the match, the Rhone coach Pierre Sage did not hide his disappointment and frustration with the result but also with the game proposed by his players.
” We had some turning points that we didn’t handle well. We conceded two goals on a deflected free kick and a mistake. I felt that we were doing what we wanted to do and the score was harsh. We wanted to continue like that in the second half, then we missed the penalty and psychologically, it was very hard. And we conceded a third logical goal. We were organized to densify the axis. We weren’t aggressive enough and we didn’t go up enough. I have a fairly dynamic attitude on the wing and the other lever is the changes. What bothers me tonight is that we didn’t all play for the team. We don’t have the right to abandon the team. I had to be positive,”
he said.
The finalists of the 2024 edition of the Coupe de France will have to recover and raise their level of play on the next matchday against AS Monaco at the Groupama Stadium (Saturday August 24 at 5 p.m.).
