Post-Match Press Conference: Girondins de Bordeaux Coach Reflects on Draw against Rodez

In a post-match press conference, the Girondins de Bordeaux coach, Albert Rierareturned generally to his team’s draw against Rodez (2-2).

“We didn’t lose the thread, we lost two points. We didn’t win a point, we lost two. The feeling after the match is that… It’s not that we had a bad match, but in terms of feeling… I told the players after the match, we have to accept the situation. We really need to ‘eat’ the points. We are late. But you can’t want to score before playing. We have to play better, and we can do it better. But it’s true that it’s a difficult time. I’m on my side, I’m at 60 beats per minute. I’m calm, I see things, but for the players it’s not easy because we want to score before playing, to pass. We want to score before passing the first, second, third zone. You have to accept it, play with it. We are in a profession which is the best in the world for players, and mine is the second. We have to accept this moment, where there is this pressure to win, because we are in a big club. We are in a team that has to be higher, we have to win more points, and if someone is not ready for that, raise their hand. The players are ready, after the match we all looked at each other in the eyes, and I can’t say that there was a player who didn’t give 100%. Everyone wants to win, I see it in their eyes. But only, with the desire, the fact of being revengeful, of going to war… That way, you don’t win, you don’t score with that… That’s why I tried to control this situation. Once with Yo(ann Barbet) in the first half, Zuka (Davitashvili) shortly after… But with that we don’t win the match, we win it if we play better than the opponent. You have a much better chance of winning like that.”

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