Laurent Mortel: “It's up to us to sublimate ourselves”

Lessons to be learned from the Fleury setback

What we can remember is that we didn't put in the right ingredients. We're all disappointed with the result, but it's now up to us to find our defensive consistency and cause our opponents problems. The rethinking that the group and staff have done this week must now be reflected on the pitch, even if it's a different context with this other competition.

The place of the French Cup in the season

The French Women's Cup is a special one. The elite clubs enter the competition late, at a time when the number of teams is already reduced. You can quickly come up against a big team, like last season's PSG. It's all very unpredictable, so it's difficult to set goals for the competition. For the moment, I think we're capable of playing in both competitions though.

Reunion with Reims in a different context

With the draw against Reims, the odds are stacked against us, and it's up to us to do better than we did in our last match against them. It's a competition that's come at just the right time. This kind of knockout match allows us to go and find something different, and so tip the scales in the right direction.

Ambition

I'd like to go scoreless and take the lead. We need to be more incisive when it comes to scoring, and make the opposition chase the score rather than us. If we can't do that, we need to be able to stay consistent with our game plan. I'd like to see some creativity too. The Champions League matches this week are inspiring, and it's matches like these that make you want to love soccer.

Available squad

For this match, we'll be without Morgane Belkhiter, who is suspended, and Sarah Stratigakis, who is ill.