Philippe Clement (Monaco coach, beaten 2-0 at Braga in the round of 16 first leg of the Europa League): “It’s always bad to start a match like that and to concede a goal on the first opposing action. This gives energy to the opponent. The players then became nervous. For 15 minutes, they weren’t good with and without the ball. Then we came back. And we dominated the second half. There were also these two disallowed goals. It’s hard. Of course, that changes a lot of things. If the first is slightly offside, I haven’t seen for the 2nd. (on the substitution at the break) Maripan was unavailable and Benoit Badiashile couldn’t play 90 minutes. It’s not because of Matsima that we did this half. But Benoît showed all his qualities after his entry. Offensively, we didn’t lack creativity as we created chances. But we lacked efficiency. These are details. It’s happened to us before this season. On the other hand, at 1-0, we cannot concede a goal like that, 5 against 3 in the area. It’s not good. We make a mistake on their only chance of the half. This is a really harsh result. We could have drawn 3-3 or 4-4. We weren’t dominated the whole game. Now we’re going to play again quickly. It’s always good. All the players were disappointed. But we have to react and take points in Strasbourg, which is a good team.
