Christophe Galtier : "By playing together, it became easier"

CHRISTOPHE GALTIER

"We had a difficult first half. We had a good start with some good situations, but the pitch meant that we made mistakes when coming towards goal and in one-on-ones. We were badly organised, and the pressure on the opponent was not good, and the team was quickly cut in two. There was a desire on the part of our forwards to press quickly, and another desire on the part of our defensive structure to be in a midfield block and wait. And from that moment on, there was a lot of space behind our three strikers, our midfielders were confronted with an overcrowding in the middle of the game, which created adverse situations. Gigio was very good in this period.
In the second half, we changed things, we exchanged with each other at the break to have a better balance. And as soon as we were all together, in a much more compact team block, things became a bit easier for us. We were in less danger and we got the ball back where we wanted it. We created situations, and it took the quality of our attacking trio to go and get the win."

danilo pereira

"It was a very difficult game, which we didn't start well. We were not good in the first half, but after the goal we tried to play fast, with more mobility, to do things faster and we managed to score a goal. In the second half, we came back better, we moved better and we scored two goals to win.
I have confidence in myself, that's the first thing. Then the coach gives me the confidence to play in this position and I feel good there. It's a position I know well, I've played there many times, so I won't say it's easy, but I feel good there."