Lens: Will Still comes off his hinges after the defeat against PSG

As against Espaly at the start of the week (2-4), PSG made the decision in the final moments of the match. Jostled, shaken and even led by Lens this Saturday, Luis Enrique's players finally found their salvation in the person of Bradley Barcola, decisive passer for Fabian Ruiz (59th), and scorer at the end of the match after a against well led (1-2). Obviously, on the Lensois side, frustration was the order of the day when the final whistle blew. Will Still didn't hide it, and he didn't hold back from poking his players either.

“What if we annoyed PSG? But there's no point in standing up to them if you're not able to maintain the result or win.expressed the Artesian coach, disillusioned. I think there is frustration, we do very consistent things for long sequences… You also have to know how to highlight the quality of the opponent. The 2nd goal (from Barcola, editor's note), it's an extraordinary individual quality, but we can't go out like that… It's a moment of transition, we go out any way, it's a mistake on our part . You have to know how to say 'congratulations', but once again, we have situations where we don't make the right choice. Donnarumma also made the saves that needed to be made, it’s frustrating.»

Arbitration also takes its small role

We know how much the theory of “encouraging defeat» is fragile, and so is Will Still. Because even if the collective performance of his team was more than coherent this evening, the Belgian technician refused to hide behind the inexperience of his players, or their room for improvement: “if we have room for improvement? But we knew that from the start, it's good to talk about room for improvement, about potential, but at some point, you have to demonstrate it. We have to move forward, take steps… And we are not yet capable of doing it, it is quality that made the difference today», whispered the 32-year-old coach at the microphone of beIN.

At a press conference, he added: “ It's good to say that we are doing good things, but we have to be more uncompromising and more realistic. It's my 4th season in France, I'm not a crybaby but I'm not a good loser, it makes me drunk, that's all. You work for days and you lose a match on 2/3 details » Frustrated, Still was also frustrated with the arbitration. Because according to him, the action of Fabian Ruiz's goal was contentious, with the duel between Barcola and Sarr at the start: “I'm satisfied with everyone, over almost 85 minutes, we did things very well, coherently… I don't know if there was a fault on the first goal, but I think that in the opposite direction, we would whistle. » A statement full of meaning…