While Monaco took the qualification for next season UEFA Champions League with a 2-0 win over Olympique Lyonnais on Saturday, to the relief of their manager Adi Hütter, who had come under pressure in recent weeks.
In his first season in Monaco, the Austrian led the club to second place. This season, in what was an extremely tight race for the European places, the pressure was increased when the season approached his conclusion with questions that were even asked about his future at the club.
For him personally, as well as everyone in the club, the qualification of the Champions League comes as a relief. “If you are a monaco manager, you are always under pressure […] Sometimes you feel that you have a bag of stones on your back and now I feel really light, “he said in a press conference after the game attended by Get Frans Voetbalieuws.
He believes that, given the Run from Monaco to the knockout phase of the Champions League this season, the performance in the qualification for next season's edition is superior to the qualification of last season. “We played 11 games than last season. This season, the success as higher than last season, in my opinion. It was a demanding season and there were some waves. We had to be there in the crunch time, and we were, again,” he added.
GFFN | Luke Entwistle