ASNL’s trip to Valenciennes on Tuesday evening turned into a fiasco. In its late match of the 22nd day, ASNL lost, 6-1, and is advancing at full speed towards relegation. A defeat of implacable logic after a performance of rare poverty which once again confirms the limits of a team built without much coherence.
And pride in all this?
Beyond the result it is above all the state of mind that challenges. In this life-and-death confrontation, the players from Nancy were ghostly and never reacted. A professional fault, in this kind of opposition yet essential for the survival of the ASNL in Ligue 2.
In this decisive week for its survival, the ASNL is too far from what allows it collectively and individually to go to the end of its commando operation. If pride and determination remained in the locker room against the Valenciennes, it must not happen again, this Saturday at Marcel Picot, against Caen. Fans’ patience has limits.
Listen to ASNL coach Albert Cartier after the heavy defeat in Valenciennes
Your ASNL meetings to listen to and podcast on France Bleu Lorraine:
– 100% ASNL, Monday to Friday at 6:00 p.m.
– La Minute ASNL, Monday to Friday at 6:50 a.m.