French Cup. AG Caen “deserved better than that” after its elimination by Châteaubriant

Through Aline Chatel
Published on 7 Feb 21 at 17:44

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Not really attractive in the first half, theAG Caen (N3) seriously raised his level of play after the goal of Chateaubriant (N2) at the start of the second half, Sunday February 7, 2021. His efforts and his many clear opportunities were not rewarded, however. Caen lost 1-0 and came out again in the seventh round of the French Cup. The reactions of the two coaches.

Julien Le Pen, AG Caen coach: “There is disappointment because I think we deserve better than that. We deserve at least to give ourselves a shootout against a great team from Châteaubriant, playful, come as we expected. She came with her 3-5-2, complementary players in front, a very strong midfielder, who manages to get the ball out perfectly. It was hard, as soon as we played inside, to be able to create. But that’s what we like to do in normal times. We were able to get around that and the goal freed the spirits a little. Afterwards, we saw the true face of the Avant Garde. On this time, we deserve to come back to the score. The opposing goalkeeper had his part, with three good saves. That’s the game. What is a shame is that we give the goal. I’m still very proud of what the boys did. We competed with this team. We didn’t have to be ashamed. We had a great performance. The desire was there. From now on, our daily life will not look like much. At least we were living normally (before we got kicked out). Morally, it’s going to be pretty tough on the guys. I still hope that they will stay in condition because we will have to be ready if things start again. “

Pape Daouda Leye, Châteaubriant coach: “AG Caen is a very good team. We knew it. There are great quality players. They have strong playing principles. We have rarely been opposed to teams which have put us in such difficulty at times, even in National 2. I want to take my hat off to the Avant Garde. After a rather complicated start to the match, we got the upper hand. Then it was a ping-pong match with highlights on either side. At 1-0, we can kill the match, which we did not do. Afterwards, it is our guardian who saves us. But we really played a great team and it was nice. “

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