Dante had spoken of “lesson learned” Sunday after the painful end of the match against Troyes (3-2). Four days later the Aiglons did not retain it and lost 2-1 this Thursday evening against Slovacko after a scenario which echoes the match against the Estac. Dominant and quickly ahead of the score thanks to Sofiane Diop (14th), the Gym did not know how to take shelter despite six or seven clear chances. And in these cases, football does not often forgive and again punished the insufficiency in front of the goal of the Aiglons and the sufficiency on the actions of the Czechs.
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Tomic took advantage of the apathy of Bryan and Laborde to equalize (75th). Then Todibo intervened awkwardly on Kadlec (85th). Free kick, red card and goal for Slovacko, who did not ask for so much after drinking the cup almost the whole match. The scenes of joy at the end of the match between the Czechs and their family in the stands spoke volumes about the feat achieved by this team, which is also back in the race for qualification with four points. One less than the Gym, second in this pool by three lengths from Partizan Belgrade, who won 2-0 from Cologne earlier in the evening.
“You have to have the courage to make a beautiful self-criticism”
In the corridors of the Allianz Riviera, Dante therefore brooded over this defeat and even wondered if his message was still getting through to this group which reproduced the same errors. “We did not learn the lesson of last Sunday. Is my message still getting through? I think so. Maybe not. You have to have the courage to make a nice self-criticism.“