This Saturday at 7pm (UTC+1) Paris Saint-Germain (1st) take on Saint-Etienne (17th) Stade Geoffroy Guichard as part of the 27th day of Ligue 1 2024-2025. At a press conference, 27-year-old Saint-Etienne striker Ivrin Cordona spoke about the match and the Parisian opponent. They’re a great team, but we need to be ambitious against them.
Cardona “We’re going to set the pace for them, too.”
A weak point in PSG ?
It’s hard to find a weak point in the PSG team. Everyone watches the games, so we know what to expect. Now, we’re ambitious players. We know it’s going to be tough, but that doesn’t mean we’re going to sit back and wait.
We’re going to impose some pace on them too, and we’re going to have to be very good at counter-attacks, because I think that’s where we can hurt them.
Is it a crazy challenge for you to be the first to bring them down ?
We’re competitors, so of course we want to win. It could be a good challenge to be the first team to beat them.
Cardona “to hurt in attack, to score goals.”
A good time to face PSG after the break ?
Yes, it could be, in the sense that there’s been the Champions League and the break, but we know they have quality players, even their bench is very good. It’ll be up to us to impose a lot of pace and be on our game to hurt them.
What can make the difference ?
Defensively, for a start. We know that they have a lot of quality offensively. We’ll also have to be clean in our play and keep the ball at times. Then, we’ll have to do some damage in attack and score goals.
Do you talk about salaries in L’Équipe ?
I’m not too interested. There’s no taboo in the dressing room, and most of the players already know each other’s salaries. I looked at what was being written about Sainté and that’s it, I’m not interested in other teams.
Cardona “It’s their talent that makes them the best team in France, not what they earn.”
PSG’s big salaries ?
It’s not a question of money, it’s a question of talent. It’s their talent that makes them the best team in France, not what they earn.
A bonus match ?
In our situation, it doesn’t matter who we’re playing against, we have to win points. So there’s no bonus match for us. All matches are important. So it’s up to us to give them as much trouble as we can to pick up 1 or 3 points.
