Clement: “Glad I got the job done”

After the hot reaction of Ruben Aguilar, Philippe Clement and Aurélien Chouaméni also reacted in mixed zone after the victory (2-0) against Amiens.

Philippe Clement: ” Obviously, the most important thing is still qualification. There are now only four Ligue 1 teams involved in these quarter-finals, which shows that all the games are dangerous in this competition. So I’m glad I did the job and gave a lot of players playing time, including a youngster like Maghnes Akliouche. It’s important that the whole group is concerned. First of all, it’s not a favor I did him by making him a starter. He shows great things in every training session, he shows his qualities and so it was normal that he had this opportunity to play. But we had to throw it in the right circumstances, tonight it was one and he responded. When you want to win the French Cup, you have to beat everyone. One team eliminated PSG, so that means they also have a lot of qualities. But first we focus on ourselves because we have to achieve the perfect course. It’s been 31 years since Monaco won this trophy, so it’s a big challenge for my players and for me. »

Aurélien Chouaméni: ” We are happy with today’s win, although there are still things to improve in the game. But the most important thing was to qualify, and now we will be able to focus on the Lorient match on Sunday (13h). If we remember our matches against Montpellier and Lens, we had a hard time starting on the contrary. But since two meetings, we have been able to get straight into it by opening the scoring very early, which gives us confidence. We’re going to have to keep going like this, because when we start so well, it makes it easier for us. I’m very happy to score again today. He did us good, because when we score quickly we scare the opponent. We could have pushed the nail then by scoring on other opportunities, despite everything this good start helped us to get this qualification. There was a bit more waste than usual tonight, we were less good in our forward projections. But it’s normal, every game has its story and you can’t be on top all the time. The most important thing is still the qualification. »

Source: AS Monaco

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