The reactions of Lamine Camara and George Ilenikhena after facing Lille
They remain unbeaten this season. Dominant against LOSC despite being down a man for 30 minutes, AS Monaco players lacked the efficiency to find the net (0-0). Both frustrated but satisfied to have taken a point in these conditions, Lamine Camara and George Ilenikhena spoke in the mixed zone. 🎙️
Good evening Lamine. We see you are tired, it was a big match in terms of physical intensity.
Indeed, it was a big match and we knew it was going to be difficult. The coach had told us that Lille was a good team that had notably beaten Real Madrid. We had to take them seriously, that’s what we did. Our style of play is to put on a lot of pressure from the start.
We lacked a bit of efficiency to make the domination tell but we will work on that to do better later. We then knew how to hold on despite being down a man for 30 minutes. Fatigue was there at the end, we gave everything to win the match, unfortunately, we didn’t succeed and we had to settle for a draw. We will now focus on the next matches.
𝗙𝗶𝗻 𝗱𝘂 𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗰𝗵 🔚
En infériorité numérique depuis l'heure de jeu, nos Monégasques enchainent face à Lille une dixième rencontre sans défaite cette saison 👊
𝗗𝗔𝗚𝗛𝗘 𝗠𝗨𝗡𝗘𝗚𝗨 ❤️🤍
0⃣-0⃣ #ASMLOSC pic.twitter.com/GulMvU8luR
— AS Monaco 🇲🇨 (@AS_Monaco) October 18, 2024
It’s really interesting to see that you don’t concede anything even being down a man.
That shows the character of the team. Everyone is united, we give it our all and we help each other to hold on. This state of mind will help us throughout the season, and we hope to continue like that. We work hard in training, the coach insists a lot on that, on staying compact both defensively and offensively. I think we showed that tonight.
How do you feel since your arrival in Monaco?
The players, the staff and the Club personnel have done everything to facilitate my integration. They helped me a lot and I’ve felt good since my arrival. I prepared myself to play in a team of Monaco’s level.
In what frame of mind are you approaching this Champions League match against Belgrade?
We are approaching it like the other matches, we will prepare well to win at home. We know that Belgrade is coming off a defeat away to Inter, but they are not going to come here to watch us play. We will have to get a good result to then arrive with confidence for the Derby in Nice.
𝘝𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘦 🎟️
𝘛𝘳𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘴 🚄
𝘗𝘢𝘳𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 🅿️Les infos pratiques pour Belgrade 👇
— AS Monaco 🇲🇨 (@AS_Monaco) October 16, 2024
The reaction of George Ilenikhena
Good evening George. What is your main feeling after this draw obtained?
To begin with, it was a big match against a team that is also playing in the Champions League. We had to be present. We are not frustrated by this result because we took a point, despite being a man down for 30 minutes. We started well by pressing high, winning back a lot of balls to get forward quickly in order to score. It is our style of play but today, we perhaps lacked efficiency. In any case, we will keep our heads up and continue to work.
How can we explain this lack of efficiency?
That’s how it is, there are matches where one can lack efficiency. There are still many matches to go, we will continue to work to put them away in the next matches.
Was Jordan Teze’s sending off the turning point in the match?
Not necessarily because even with 10 men, we didn’t concede many chances and we even almost scored through Denis. So I think it didn’t change the face of the match too much. We would have liked to come away with the three points, but that’s how it is, that’s football.
Carton rouge pour Jordan Teze 🟥
61' | 0⃣-0⃣ #ASMLOSC
— AS Monaco 🇲🇨 (@AS_Monaco) October 18, 2024
Two big games are coming up now with Belgrade and then Nice…
We will focus on these two games and take them one by one. First there is Belgrade, we are focusing on that to prepare for this match calmly before thinking about the Derby. It is good to keep playing again at home in front of our supporters who push us and give us positive energy.
