For once, Wilfried Nancy was visibly irritated after the meeting. And yet, his team had just collected their first point of the season.
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It was the way that point came about, as the team let a two-goal lead slip against a side that was playing one player short, that bothered him.
“We played in the middle of the week, we came to Atlanta and we controlled the game? We have to win it. For me, we lost that part, ”he insisted in an emotional outburst.
“A match must be folded. We are in control of the game, it was built in a good way. It’s hard to take because we played a good game, but these are the moments once again. »
bad times
As if to reinforce what Nancy has already said, her team delivered a better duel than her opponent. It’s the little details that make the difference.
“We knew they were going to push in the last 15 or 10 minutes, but we were in control. We lost the ball in bad times rather than play the game we should have done. »
Looking very frustrated, Djordje Mihailovic did not seem to digest at all what had just happened when he appeared in videoconference.
“I felt like we were in control for most of the second half.
“When they received their card, we gave them nothing. Coming back from two goals in the last ten minutes to get a result is not acceptable.
The midfielder insisted on the accountability of the players for this difficult start to the season.
“It’s once again naive mistakes that lead to these goals. We are all going to have to look at each other insistently because we are all responsible for what is happening.
Well done, Kone
On the positive side, Ismaël Koné had the best game of his young career with a goal, an assist and a penalty kick.
Her performance led Mihailovic to throw flowers at her.
“He made a mistake on Atlanta’s first goal, it’s very impressive to see him bounce back like that. He was involved in all three of our goals.
“It shows the quality of a young player who has a very high development ceiling in my opinion.”