Paris Saint-Germain and Lens faced off this Saturday at the Parc des Princes as part of Matchday 10 of Ligue 1 2024-2025. The match ended in a 1-0 Parisian victory. After the match, Lens coach Will Still spoke at a press conference. He emphasized the positives, even if his team were generally inferior to the Parisians.
Still “ We weren’t for long periods of the match.
“The only regret we can have is conceding a goal on a defensive throw-in. We let them play a little too much, and they got out of the pressure phase a little too easily. It was just like the first half, when we lacked a bit of personality with the ball.
The second half was much better, even with ten men. We managed, in sequences, to find situations. We were still a little lacking in efficiency. But there are positive things to take away from it. There’s still a lot of progress to be made to reach the level of PSG.
When you come to Paris, you know you have to be faultless and everything has to be almost perfect. We weren’t perfect for a fairly long period of the match.”
The conclusion is clear: PSG were stronger in this match, even if they “let” Lens hope by being ineffective. Still, there are positive points to take away, and of course there’s still work to be done in order to move forward.
Still is lucid and can’t get worked up about Paris being such a great opponent. But that doesn’t stop us wanting to progress. With the added frustration of a first half that went a little wrong. Even if the second half was made easier by Parisian slackness, the fact that we’re worrying with 10 men is positive.
We’ll have to use it to progress, whereas it would be a shame to dwell on a defeat against PSG.
