Sampaoli on the fact of not having reviewed the 4-4-2 diamond of OM-Angers: “We tried to play in this system against Qarabag with Payet in the upper part of the diamond and wingers who transplanted in the center, to have depth and players in front and behind Payet. Against Clermont if we look at the match from the 18th to the 85th we had a good attacking presence in the opposing camp, but we lacked finishing. After that is the debate we have all the time. Against Troyes we were two minutes away from winning, even if we didn’t have a lot of attacking volumes, because we were coming out of a long trip much less than 72 hours before Now it’s up to us to find this best version of OM in the final stretch of the season, we will have to be sharper defensively Against Angers we were not good defensively, Angers could have led 3- 0 and it could have been the worst game at home, luckily we took advantage of the moments that football gives you to equalize and ultimately win the match. When there is pressure and stress, what matters most is the mind and sometimes we also manage to use that. What matters to me is to be consistent, I remain the same, I still have the same idea of football, I haven’t changed. The position of the players on the field depends on a strategy that we put in place, sometimes it works, other times it doesn’t, but the only intention we have before each match is to work and to analyze so that OM can win all the matches they play.”
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