"It's a difficult feeling to describe. The match started brilliantly with the penalty, but we missed it and we were definitely unlucky in the first half. We made the foul in the final minutes of the first half and conceded the goal. I think it was difficult to analyse and accept as a result. In the second half, we were less accurate. That's the way it is. It's a shame, the atmosphere in the stadium was magnificent. But we know the road ahead, and it's a long one.
If there's a team that knows how difficult it is to get out of this group stage, it's us, and we're ready to face Monaco or Qarabag. We'll see, I hope it won't be a French team because we're tired of playing against the French, it's better to go to Qarabag and have another country. But we're used to difficult away games, and we'll still have some good moments. We'll get some players back, although today another important player got injured. It's a shame, but we have to accept it."
"We wanted to win to qualify for the top eight, that was our goal today. We played as well as we could, with intensity, we created chances, but unfortunately they took advantage of their strengths: counter-attacks, free kicks, balls in the air... That's the way it is, every team has its own philosophy and mentality. Unfortunately, we didn't get the result we wanted, but we qualified and that's the positive thing about tonight. Now we're going to play with the cards we have, which means fighting in every game like it's a final, like we did last year.
We're only going to play finals, only important games. We've got almost all our players back, Achraf is back, Ibrahim too. Now we have to move forward, work harder and gain confidence as a team, as we did last year, so that we can achieve our goals for the second half of the season. It will give us momentum, more matches to play and gain confidence. We have to take it step by step and not look too far ahead. We know that the road is very, very long and very difficult. In every match, we'll have to fight as if it were our last match of the season."
