Do not stay one more year in National and immediately taste the joys of Ligue 2. This is the objective set by the management of Berrichonne Football, at the dawn of this new season. Châteauroux receives Paris 13 Atlético on Friday for the first day of the championship. After a mixed preparation in terms of results (one victory in five games), the counters are reset. Beware of the trap match, however, against a team that is discovering the National level for the first time in its history.. “When we see our calendar, we could say to ourselves that it’s easy but not at all”warns coach Mathieu Chabert.
Facing a promoted, never an easy thing!
And for good reason, Châteauroux will also face Martigues and Le Puy Auvergne 43, two promoted teams, during the 3rd and 4th days. “The graduates are on an interesting dynamic. It will be a complicated match, but like every weekend in National. The start of the season can be complicated but we are prepared and very impatient”adds coach Castelroussin.
Last season was tricky for the Berri. We never felt this team really capable of clinging to the first two places to directly join Ligue 2. But no question of putting unnecessary pressure on itself, according to Mathieu Chabert. “The objective is to be at the top as soon as possible. But above all you have to be in the peloton in January-February. That’s where we lost the championship last year”believes the Berrichonne Foot coach.
For this first day, two major absentees in the Castelroussin workforce: central defender Opa Sanganté who has a muscular problem and Adama M’bengue, suspended.