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Haiti can take pride by performance in Scotland defeat says head coach Migne

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Published 1 month ago

Haiti should be proud of their performance in the 1-0 defeat by ⁠Scotland at the World Cup on Saturday and must maintain the belief that they can reach the ‌knockout rounds, coach Sebastien Migne said.

[p]Playing at their first World Cup since ‌1974, [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/haiti/nk4v10Z1/"]Haiti[/a] were [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/soccer/haiti-nk4v10Z1/scotland-fZRU25WH/?mid=QBBoaW63"]beaten[/a] by [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/mcginn-john/rgGnzD2e/"]John McGinn[/a]'s first-half ‌goal but pushed the Scots hard late on, with Frantzdy ‌Pierrot heading narrowly wide in the 85th minute ‌and threatening again in stoppage time.[/p][p]With [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/brazil/I9l9aqLq/"]Brazil[/a] and [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/morocco/IDKYO3R8/"]Morocco[/a] still to come in Group C, Haiti have their work cut out ‌to advance but Migne said they are ⁠used to doing things ‌the hard way.[/p][p][b]"When you play a match, what you're trying to ​do is win,"[/b] he told reporters. [b]"On one hand, I'm very proud of what the boys showed ​tonight. It was a very good showing, with some good football.[/b][/p][p]"When we know where we're coming from, we ⁠rose to the ​challenge, but it makes it that much more frustrating that we came up slightly short."[/p][image alt="Match stats" id="fa9edf70-94fe-48ed-86c3-a13101955114" credit-line="StatsPerform via Opta" guid="bc74795b-9bfd-4d9d-90f7-345cc92bd892" original-width="1080" original-height="1080" /][p]Migne said his side must remain resilient and drew parallels with their qualifying campaign, when ‌they had to wait until after their final game against [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/nicaragua/6L9QjkfT/"]Nicaragua[/a] before knowing they had reached the tournament.[/p][p][b]"With Haiti, nothing is ever easy,"[/b] he added. "[b]If we are to qualify, it will be a struggle, and maybe it will happen in the last few minutes of the third game."[/b][/p][p]Haiti next face five-times world champions Brazil, before taking on Morocco in their final group match.[/p][p][b]"We saw ‌some fairly interesting things, but we're playing at an ​extremely high level, and just one oversight is enough,"[/b] ‌the 53-year-old coach added.[/p][p]"You can get punished for that.[/p][p][b]"We lacked that bit of spontaneity in our movement, in our combinations, and also had some poor decision-making at times," he said. "We'll have to score some ⁠goals if we want ⁠to have a chance ‌to qualify."[/b][/p][infobox id="4ccc1b10-d68f-4c97-bcf4-5e613c17c2e3" /]

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