It’s a big challenge that awaits the players of AS Nancy Lorraine this Friday. In Concarneau, in Finistère, the ASNL actually faces theone of the most prominent clubs of this beginning of the championship, with 7 points acquired in three matches. “There is one word that stands out about these three meetings: it is efficiency. I don’t have the feeling that they had more chances than us, but they are terribly effective“, confides Albert Cartier, the coach.
The expected click
With a group of 18 players, however amputated central defender Baptiste Aloé because of a knee alert, the coach must also deal with an extremely long trip, the biggest of the season, more than 900 kilometers from the installations of the Hague Forest. “The danger is that players eat without activity“, he explains, referring to the long bus trip made this Thursday to Brittany. “But deep down, I appreciate these trips because it creates a bond“, he continues.
The solution may lie there. Even if, in a more rational way, the supporters will prefer to bet on the effectiveness of the attack, and in particular of the summer rookie Diafra Sakho, always silent in front of the opposing cages. “The fans are right to criticize me, but it motivates me even more. Sometimes, all it takes is one goal to make it click“, he confides. It should not be too late, the ASNL is already penultimate in the standings, while one club out of 3 will experience the hell of relegation at the end of the season.
ASNL’s trip to Concarneau, like all the matches of the Nancéiens, will be to follow this Friday evening from 7:15 p.m. on France Bleu Lorrainewith Johan Ghent and Laurent Pilloni.