The entered & # xed; PSG coach Laurent Blanc, after XE8 & #; s victory against Saint-Etienne (0-1) in League Cup on 13 January 2015.
L ‘PSG coach Laurent Blanc after the victory against Saint-Etienne (0-1) in League Cup on 13 January 2015. – P.DESMAZES / AFP

Interview by Jeremy Laugier, Saint-Etienne

He did not really want to smile upon arriving in the press room of Geoffroy-Guichard. But Laurent Blanc appreciated the progress in the game in the win (0-1) in Saint-Etienne on Tuesday with chest Zlatan Ibrahimovic twenty minutes from the end, a synonym for the semifinals of the League Cup.

What qualities have allowed you to take in Saint Etienne?

There was a lot of qualities, because in the game, we were good. Despite all the talk and analysis that there had after weak second half in Bastia, I knew that we were able to qualify here. (Ironic vis-à-vis the media) After Bastia, I felt we could no longer play football, there was a bad mood, players who could no longer play together …

What did you just see who failed to Bastia after resting?

In Bastia, we have not seen in this second disastrous halftime so it was not hard to see that there. But if I recall Montpellier, this first half in Bastia and the two halves of good level against Saint-Etienne, it is only one of six missed in 2015. But now, at PSG if you do 45 minutes of very bad bill, we will not talk about it. This is to be done and we made it … It gives us the motivation to me and my staff.



The PSG he has a better state of mind Cup?

No, there’s just more desire tonight at Bastia because we all analyzed this match Bastia. We know very well that you made a disastrous second half. We have experienced players and they understood that if we continued like that, we could not achieve our goals.



Are you reassured after this victory?

I ‘m more confident than before the match because I was not worried either. If we repeat the second half of Bastia, it will mean a lot of things … I am happy for the players. We were effective. In us to be even in the next games.



What is your thinking on reintegration Cavani and Lavezzi?

They are already reinstated in the workforce. After these are choices. You will see the next game …