“Perhaps we need a slap of this order to bring everyone back to their senses,” said Lorient coach Regis Le Bris on Friday after the big defeat in Nice (3-0), which plunges the Breton club into a relegation position. “At 0-2, we felt that some had lost the necessary pragmatism,” he coldly analyzed, pointing out “an end to the match not of the caliber” of a team playing to maintain. For the Breton, his players showed a “fatal lack of maturity because the goal average is very important to contain”. However, that of Lorient is -20. “It’s disturbing,” he said.
On the other hand, Francesco Farioli, his Nice counterpart, had “a good evening”. “I am happy with the result and the performance,” he underlined. This victory was fundamental, even though we had not won at home since the end of January. »
From now on, the Italian coach is turned towards Marseille, Wednesday, another late match of the 29th day. Moreover, the Nice calendar will change again. The match of the 32nd day, against Paris, was also postponed to May 15. For him, “from the point of view of French football, it is understandable and logical” to postpone this match. “If we only take our interests into account, we would have liked something else. We will have to change our program. But we will prepare as best we can. »