Sužaistas pirmas draugiškas mačas su Biel-Bienne ekipa. Sužaidėm 2-2, bet rezultatas čia visiškai neįdomus.
Labai patiko trenerio mintys. Kažkoks šviežio oro gūsis komunikacijoje:
What are your thoughts after this first preseason match?
We've only been back on the pitch for a week, and we've been working hard, so the players were a bit tired, but I see this first preseason match as a training session. Next week, I'll consider the preseason match a little less like a session and a little more like a match; and, as we progress in our preparation, I'll look at these matches more like real games. We'd like to approach the final test, against Venice, like a league match.
Can the system we used in the first half tonight be our system for the season?
It doesn't matter what formation we played tonight. What's important is that we have a clear idea of how we want to play. We want to be a team that defends well when we don't have the ball and that is aggressive when we have possession.
Julien Le Cardinal wore the captain's armband tonight. Will he be the captain of AS Saint-Étienne this season?
We're building a group, a team, and this group needs leaders. We've decided that Julien Le Cardinal will be our team captain, and Gautier Larsonneur will be one of his leaders. Personally, I prefer my captain in the heart of play rather than in goal, but Gautier remains a leader and an important player for this team.
Today, the objective was to give 45 minutes to the entire group?
We've already had 13 sessions since the restart, as we've sometimes trained twice a day. Earlier this week, we had an internal scrimmage where the players had 30 minutes of playing time, and today the goal was to increase that to 45 minutes. The players seemed a bit tired to me. I don't know if we'll be able to give them an hour of playing time against Geneva next Saturday because we have a tough second week ahead of us. We'll see how the players react physically.
What did you learn from this match?
I don't think I learned much from this game; I learned a lot more this week in training. Today, what was important was that the players had space to work, that they had the opportunity to try things, and to make mistakes too; that they could feel when they were in the right space or the wrong one.
Rungtynes pradėjome tokia sudėtimi: Larsonneur - Ferreira, Le Cardinal, Naïr, Pedro - Bernauer, Gadegbeku - Breum, Cardona - Duffus, Stassin.
Įdomu, kad Bernauer pradėjo, kaip atraminis saugas ir reikšmingai sudalyvavo Duffus įvartyje. Treneriukas apie tai irgi pasisakė:
I think all coaches have their own vision regarding what they expect from their players. For me, he has the profile of a midfielder, more than a defender. I know he can play defender too, but for the moment we're going to take it step by step and see how we use him.
Antrajame kėlinyje išbėgo Alexis Colombet, Axel Dodote, Mickael Nadé, Nathan Kasia Nkondo, Ebenezer Annan, Jebryl Sarhaoui, Aïmen Moueffek, Adam Baallal, Igor Miladinovic, Medhy Lutin Zidée, Enzo Mayilla, Oussama Benkou, David Mimbang, Tom Teillol. Pasižymėjo po neblogos nuomos Ligue 3 sugrįžęs puolėjas Enzo Mayilla, bet tose pačiose rungtynėse gavo traumą..
Šitose rungtynėse neturėjome WC žaidusių Old, Boakye. Taip pat vis dar nepilnai pasiruošę Lamba, Jaber, El Jemali, Eymard. Nežaidė ir Davitashvili, kuris galbūt tausojamas dėl potencialaus pardavimo.
