“We will have to defend together and be smart with the ball”

Sevilla, Nov 1 (EFE) .- The French coach of Lille, Jocelyn Gourvennec, commented on Monday that to “put Sevilla in difficulty” on Tuesday in the Champions League duel he is playing in Sánchez-Pizjuán, his team he must “defend together and be smart with the ball.”

Gourvennec, during his stint in front of the press before leading an evening preparatory session on the match stage, said he hopes to “repeat what was done against PSG” to “get to the end alive”, alluding in the Ligue 1 game in La Liga on the last day and they lost 2-1 in a hotly contested clash.

The Lille coach said he is aware that he is measured with “a very strong team”, one of the main qualities of which is “he crosses very well”, so his players will have to “do them very well. things in defense “.

The French coach also relied on “the demonstration of quality in attack” that his players cherish, one of whom, the Canadian striker Jonathan David “is the top scorer in Ligue 1 and was even able to score more than goals “as it is” in the league – same dynamic as last season.

“I don’t know who will be affected by the pressure of having to win. We still have options in this group. We are looking for a positive result, which can be one or three points. Then there would be two games left in which we would have to achieve six points. We have to hold on for the whole game to achieve a positive result, “added Gourvennec.

The Lille coach underlined that “winning is a very complicated challenge” against a Sevilla who in this tournament, “barely lost last year against Chelsea and Borussia Dortmund”, against which Lille must “be more precise than against the PSG “, since in the end, they lost the match.

Jocelyn Gourvennec praised his compatriot in Sevilla, defender Jules Koundé, to say that he “knew he would do things well” because he had “only to play more” to become a “player. important for Sevilla and it is not a surprise that it is “. in the French team “.

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