Korhogo: Following Tuesday evening's defeat of the Stallions of Burkina Faso against the Eagles of Mali, the AIB collected comments from certain players and the coach, the contents of which are as follows. Comments collected by A. SALAMBERE from Korhogo Hubert Velud: 'We lost against a better team' The facts are clear that we were wrong about our tactical choice. If we didn't have our full complement, perhaps we would have acted differently. It's a big disappointment for us. We also conceded too many goals in this CAN to hope to go too far. There were good things and not so good things. We'll talk about it later. I must also pay tribute to this group who stood together for a month. Honestly, I have no one to blame. We lost to a better team. Mali has good players. We had some opportunities but also introduced new players. I was not surprised by the quality of this team. Very good quality with high level midfielders. Offensively, we saw a great Mali team and we congratulate them. We will digest this defeat. We need to examine and analyze the good and bad sides of our time here. The CAN is very open. It is one of the best CANs in terms of football and organization. It's a shame that we are leaving the competition.' Mohamed Konaté : 'I can't find the words' We tried, we gave everything. We did not act quickly. We let ourselves be surprised. It's really difficult. I can not find the words. We are all really sad because we wanted to please the Burkinabè people with everything that is happening. It's really a shame. That's it. That's life. It's the tests. Today we have to overcome this to win tomorrow. Bertrand Traoré : ' We must ask ourselves the right questions, ourselves first, question ourselves and come back to meet the expectations of all Burkinabè' It wasn't enough. I think we had an acceptable match but in the end it wasn't enough. Mali was slightly better this evening, it must be admitted. We must ask ourselves the right questions, ourselves first, question ourselves and try to come back and meet the exp ectations of all Burkinabè people. Things continue. We had this speech in the locker room. We have the World Cup qualifiers in two months. We have to go back to the clubs and continue to work and quickly focus on the World Cup qualifiers. Sacha Bancé : In the first half we weren't there in the duels In the first half we weren't there in the duels. They played with a 4-4-2 system with a diamond in the middle and it was difficult for us to press them. In the second half we changed a little and things were a little better but we lost. It's football, it happens and you have to be mentally strong. It really didn't work today. Maybe a lack of concentration, I don't know. I had the impression before the match that everyone was focused because everyone wanted to win this match because it's a big derby. Source: Burkina Information Agency
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