Adi Hütter: “Given the scenario, we should have won”
It was a terrible scenario. Having, however, turned the match around after an early opening of the scoring by the Bretons, the players of AS Monaco finally shared the points with Lorient at the Stade Louis-II (2-2). It was an undeserved result given the domination of the Rouge et Blanc (2.83 expected goals compared to 0.73 for Lorient), which coach Adi Hütter worked through with the media. 🎙️
Hello coach. It’s another disappointment at home today…
That’s right, we still haven’t won in 2024 at the Stade Louis-II. When I look at the score, it’s a fact, we didn’t win. On the other hand, when I look at the content of the match, we deserved to take the three points, because our team had a very good performance.
The statistics show that we were much better. But the final moments told in the score. We missed five very big clear chances this evening, we should have won.
Didn’t you miss a great opportunity to move up the table?
It’s obvious that we had a good chance of moving into second place in Ligue 1, thanks to the draw between Brest and Lille. It is therefore a very big disappointment, especially since the players showed a good reaction after conceding early. It was the same scenario as in the reverse fixture, where they scored at the very start of the match.
We need to kill off matches more, which we failed to do today. I repeat, it’s a big disappointment not to win this evening. Two points taken against Lorient is tough given the content of the two matches.
Was Denis Zakaria‘s red card decisive?
Yes, it was a turning point in the match, that’s clear. It’s unprofessional to pick up a second card for this type of foul in midfield, because he had little chance of recovering the ball. Denis knows this, and he has apologized. We should have had at least one more goal today, given the opportunities we created. Afterwards it must also be said that the Lorient goalkeeper, Yvon Mvogo, had a very good match.
🟥 Denis Zakaria est exclu après avoir reçu un second avertissement. Nos Rouge & Blanc vont finir la rencontre en infériorité numérique.
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Aren’t you going to regret this missed opportunity?
Once again, we had a chance to do something great today, and we missed it. But we will continue to move forward, because the last matches have been good in their content. Everyone is obviously very disappointed this evening, it even seems like a nightmare given the scenario. But there are eight games left now, and we have our destiny in our hands.
Can there now be a sense of fear in playing at home?
I don’t think there can be a mental block at home. For me, we did the right things today, until the last moments, where we unfortunately lacked concentration.
We lacked a finishing touch to kill off the match. We need to be more focused in crucial moments. We will have to review the opportunities we missed and try to be more clinical in the future.
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