Ex-Berlin player fights tears after 9-1 loss: We're sorry for the fans

Ex-Berlin player fights tears after 9-1 loss: We're sorry for the fans Everyone connected with RC Lens had surely imagined this evening turning out very differently. Instead, the Ligue 1 club were well and truly thrashed 9-1 by Como. No wonder those in charge were left speechless afterwards. One player who faced the cameras will still be very familiar to fans in Germany. Michaël Cuisance moved from Hertha to France this summer. As well as playing in the second division for the Berlin club and VfL Osnabrück, he also played for Bayern and Gladbach in the Bundesliga. He wanted to seize the opportunity to play Champions League football this season. But he would certainly have preferred to avoid a result like this. After the match, TV cameras captured him with tears in his eyes while he was still on the pitch. "I'm lost for words. The team needs to regroup; we have to do better. We're playing in the Champions League, we have to do this European competition justice, and today (Wednesday) we didn't show the required standard. We weren't good enough. We're sorry for the fans," he told 'Canal+' in a quiet voice, his eyes red. "Something like this always hurts. As an athlete, you never like losing, whether narrowly or heavily," he continued. "This isn't a defeat, it's a lesson. We have to learn from it, and we'll see what character this team has. I think we're capable of that." His coach Yannick Cahuzac also struggled to find the right words at the post-match press conference. He did not even want to contemplate analysing the game: "We failed on every level. The only word that comes to mind is humiliation. We need to have an honest talk with each other and show some pride again by Sunday." That is when they face Olympique Marseille in Ligue 1. This article was translated into English by Artificial Intelligence. You can read the original version in 🇩🇪 here.