Christophe Galtier: 'The desire to do things together'

CHRISTOPHE GALTIER

"There is satisfaction that we scored three goals, and didn't concede any, although for me, we did give away chances. And from the moment that we managed to play our game, things became a lot more interesting. There was a lot of technical link-up, lots of combined play, lots of connections between the players. This evening we scored great goals, we had the ability to always want to win the ball back as soon as possible, which can lead to a lack of balance at times. And we really need to improve in this area. To know when we need to bring the intensity to recover the ball early, because at other times, we will need to manage the more difficult periods and be more compact, giving the opposition less chances on goal and to allow ourselves to recover. But on the whole, with those who started the match and those that finished it, there were interesting signs, the players are beginning to improve physically and they are finding their feet in terms of what we are putting in place. It was an interesting match in a full stadium against a team in the middle of their season, playing very direct football. We scored very good goals, with great skill, and had a desire to do things together. But for now, we lack consistency, which is to be expected at this stage of pre-season."

MARCO VERRATTI

"It was my first match. I worked a lot, but I picked up a knock to my foot and that is why the coach didn't want me to play in the first match. I continue to work physically, especially during this period of the season, it's important to get back in shape. I am pleased to get back into the rhythm of matches, because at the end of the day, matches are very different to what we do in training. Tours are important because we are together almost all of the day every day, and when the energy is good, the days go much quicker. We are happy during the day, during our meals, on the coach, it's something that we see on the pitch too. We have always had a very big squad, we feel that we are good, we have changed coach, we also want to show that we are able to understand quickly what he wants. That's why things are going well on the pitch."

PABLO SARABIA

"It's a difficult time because it's pre-season. It's true that I felt better today compared to the first match. I am happy for all of the team because we are working well with the new system, I am happy with the work of all of the team. My goal? Mauro gave me the ball and I felt that I could do something. The pass was good and that's why I tried to shoot with my right foot. It was a very nice goal."