Pros Dimanche 25 Févr. 2018 à 19h32

Jean-Louis Gasset: «It's a well deserved draw»

Although satisfied by his team’s result, Jean-Louis Gasset doesn’t want to give into the euphoria. He invites all the team’s supporters to come to the Geoffroy-Guichard stadium next week to see ASSE maintain their Ligue 1 status.
 
 
Does this game, which ended in a tie during the additional time, satisfy you?
It’s a step in the right direction. After having fallen behind, it was good to tie things up at the very end of the match. We deserve this result above all because of what happened during the second period. Against a European team, we performed well. We went up the sides, we focused and we evened the score. I think that this outcome is well deserved.
 
Are the events of the game what you imagined them to be and what you prepared for prior to the onset of this match?
We thought that Lyon, by having played hard Thursday, would lose momentum at a certain moment of the match. Consequently we prepared a Plan B with substitute strikers. The match went how we expected it to go except for the fact that we conceded a goal due to a thunderous kick made by Mariano Diaz. Luckily Stéphane Ruffier kept us in the game by blocking Memphis’ shot.
 
Does this tie game confirm that ASSE is in good form?
When you earn a point against Marseille and Lyon, two teams that have their sights set on the League of Champions, that shows that we’re on the right path. I’m going to let my players savour this result because they’ve been waiting for this match for a long time but, come Tuesday, I’m going to humble them once again. We have 34 points but earning a point in Lyon means nothing if we don’t win against Dijon who’s just above us in the rankings.
 
Mathieu Debuchy once again showed himself to be decisive. Are you surprised by his performance?
That’s what I’ve been praising since I got here, how the confidence of the new players is rubbing off on the other members of the team.
 
One last word to conclude this interview?
Yes I think of our fans that weren’t able to attend this match. They came to encourage us this morning and I hope that they’ll be in the Geoffroy-Guichard stadium next week to see us take the last step to finally secure our spot in Ligue 1.
 

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