Immediately after the 0-0 draw against Rodez on behalf of D1 Arkema on matchday 8, Sonia Ouchene reacted to this result which does not help the Rémoises in the standings.
Journalist – The predominant sentiment? A point taken despite everything or the frustration of not being able to find the key against this team from Rodez, who hooked you well today?
Yes, I think the word today is frustration.
In the standings we are above, but this clearly does not mean anything, the proof with the final result. It’s a team [Rodez] who are at the bottom of the standings today, but I think given their game they deserve better.
There we are 0-0, I think we don’t necessarily deserve better, it’s not our best game. Technically it wasn’t clean, from the start we put ourselves in trouble and had very few chances. It was a pretty close game, on both sides. The chance we had, we didn’t take, so I think today’s draw – given the results of the day – is even more frustrating, because Montpellier went 2-2 [contre Soyaux], we tell ourselves that we could pass 4th, here we are overtaken by Fleury. We will play next week against Fleury precisely, we will get the three points.
“It was really the whole collective who
technically it hasn’t kept up.”
Journalist – How do you explain the fact that you were technically borrowed and therefore hooked by this team from Rodez? Perhaps at some point the team unknowingly told themselves they were a lower-placed opponent and therefore easier to beat or were you just warned, suspicious, in relation to him being promoted?
No, honestly, we take all matches the same way, whether it’s Paris/Lyon or Rodez/Soyaux, we will always have the same desire, the same grit.
I can’t explain today why technically it didn’t go well, given that it wasn’t one or two players, me first, it was the whole team that didn’t follow technically. There are matches like this, now let’s look ahead, we have real goals. It’s not because we drew against Rodez today that these goals will dissolve in our heads.
Journalist – It’s still a match without defeats and also without conceding a goal, are there still some positive points to remember from this match?
Exactly. In the heat there aren’t many (slight smile), but I think tomorrow we’ll be calmer with our heads and we’ll have a clean sheet, that’s fine, one point taken, it’s always positive in D1 Arkema. It’s not a defeat, it’s not even the end of the world, we just have to get back into it, get back to work and continue in the momentum we were in.
“We couldn’t find this.
defense-attack relay”
Football Hearts – We heard today that it was the midfielder who blocked or was blocked in building team play, there was little maneuvering, you were very present on your side in your lane, but he has run out of resources at your side to find the fault of Rodez?
(Thinks about it briefly) Thanks already (embarrassed smile), I don’t have that impression, I would watch the game.
It’s true that in midfield we were really in trouble, their game plan made us run a lot of errands, so physically it put us in more trouble than for example against Soyaux, where in reality there weren’t those big errands to do , and we had a lot of ball.
They [les Ruthénoises] he played our balls well in depth and it is true that we have not been able to find this relay from defense to attack, and this role falls to us. Today yes, I think we are largely at fault in midfield.
Foot Hearts – There was however a good attacking trio lined up today, with Louis, Dumornay and Bussy, but they struggled to get going [balle au pied]to counter the Ruthenian defense and make this move that brings the shot and goal in-final?
Yes we are lucky to have very good players up front, very fast and it’s true it’s a shame we can’t use those qualities, we didn’t find them as deep as usual, and I think that’s also what got them into trouble [nos attaquantes], their strength is deeper, taking depths, centers back. Today they may not have had the best balls, or the space they needed to really showcase their talent.
