Europa League Conference: "We did not like the attitudes", complains Olivier Létang (Lille)

Lille’s sluggish victory against the modest Croatian club Rijeka (2-1) on Thursday in the first leg of the Europa League Conference play-off did not please the coach and the president of the club, who railed against the attitude of their players after the game. “What I remember already is that we won. The important thing for us is to qualify. We know that we will have a difficult second round, in an environment with a lot of pressure. We didn’t like the attitudes. If we think it will be easy, if we arrive on the field being calm, we cannot pass. We had a very complicated first half. Is it a mindset issue?… We’ll talk about it with the boys, but that’s internal. I prefer to stay on the win. We have a good position. We are not happy with the content of the match, on the other hand, in our three meetings since the start of the season, we realize that in Nice, we were trailing, we went for a draw in the 94th minute, against Nantes, we found ourselves ten against eleven, we scored a second goal, and tonight, without having a great game, we went to snatch a victory. It’s good, it shows that this group still has personality.