Dupraz wants sensible approach
Posted Saturday, April 25, 2015 by PA
Evian manager Pascal Dupraz has told his team to play with their "heads before their legs" in Saturday's crunch Ligue 1 clash at home to Bastia.
The contest could prove decisive in the race to avoid relegation with both teams sitting on 37 points and only two points above the bottom three with five games left to play.
Evian are winless in their last three matches and Dupraz has urged his players to remain cool under pressure this weekend.
"Whoever wins next, they will get 40 points," Dupraz told Evian's official club website.
"This will be the next victory but we do not know when it will happen.
"Of course, we all hope that this will be the case this weekend against Bastia, a team in the same situation as us but higher ranked with a better goal difference.
"It has been some time since we got out of the relegation zone and since there are only five games left, we do not want to go back.
"However, we must play this game against Bastia and give everything. The players' heads will have to come before their legs."
Bastia are also on a poor run of form, having lost their last three matches in the league and not recorded a victory since March 7.
Dupraz, however, insists Evian will not be underestimating their opponents.
"We know the virtues of the Bastia and their qualities," Dupraz said.
"They have done less well for some time but this is a team and a club that I have too much respect for to criticise.
"I have good relationships with the leaders at Bastia and, moreover, in general, I have a good relationship with everyone.
"That said, we are opponents within a game.
"It is in this adversity that we must draw upon all our resources to drag ourselves away from the danger zone."
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