{"id":322570,"date":"2025-11-01T12:55:07","date_gmt":"2025-11-01T10:55:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.monaco-tribune.com\/?p=322570"},"modified":"2025-11-01T12:55:09","modified_gmt":"2025-11-01T10:55:09","slug":"preview-pocognolis-as-monaco-eager-to-maintain-momentum-vs-paris-fc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.monaco-tribune.com\/en\/2025\/11\/preview-pocognolis-as-monaco-eager-to-maintain-momentum-vs-paris-fc\/","title":{"rendered":"Preview: Pocognoli’s AS Monaco eager to maintain momentum vs Paris FC"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Chasing a third straight Ligue 1 win, AS Monaco manager S\u00e9bastien Pocognoli addressed the media ahead of Saturday’s clash with Paris FC at the Stade Louis-II.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Paris FC test<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Pocognoli was quick to acknowledge the challenge posed by Paris FC’s evolving project but insisted Monaco must dictate proceedings at home and stamp their authority.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI think this is a team with big ambitions for the medium term, one that will certainly grow little by little and is currently laying the foundations. It’s a team with certain individual and collective qualities that wants to play a style of football specific to Red Bull. They’re trying to develop week by week, and we know what kind of opponent we’ll be facing. My message remains the same: we must focus primarily on ourselves, on our key players, and try to impose our style of play tomorrow,\u201d he shared.<\/p>\n\n\n

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\u00a9 AS Monaco<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

Tactically flexible Teze<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Following Jordan Teze’s impressive displays in various positions, Pocognoli highlighted why his versatility has made the 26-year-old such a valuable asset.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI think Jordan is our most versatile player on the team, and this system allows us to showcase that quality in several players. He fills a lot of boxes; it’s an incredible asset he has in modern football. So we’ll try to manage him well too, because as I said, he’s multi-positional. His best position is certainly as a defensive midfielder, but against Tottenham, he managed to reposition himself on the wing, and in Nantes, he made a good appearance as a left-sided centre-back, so hats off to him in any case,\u201d acknowledged the 39-year-old.<\/p>\n\n\n

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\u00a9 AS Monaco<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

Finding the right balance<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Next on the agenda was Pocognoli’s words on finding the right balance between attack and defence following Monaco’s contrasting recent performances, as he spoke insightfully on the topic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cEvery match is different; sometimes the opponent forces us to be more defensive or more offensive. We’ve approached all our matches the same way so far, which is to try and score goals. I think Nantes had some really good individual players, especially Matthis Abline, who had a very high-level game. We depend on that too, and on what we give the opponent,\u201d explained the Belgian.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Ligue 1: AS Monaco prevails in thriller vs Nantes<\/a><\/blockquote>